170 THE BRENTHID^ FROM JAVA. 



is keeled at the base aud between the antennae. The latter 

 are clavate , shorter than the head and rostrum together : 

 the basal joint stout, as long as the 2nd and 3rd taken 

 together , the 2nd and the 3rd as in the foregoing species, 

 the 4th — 8th transverse , of the same length but very slightly 

 differing in broadness ; the apical joints hairy , longer , 

 more perfoliate, the 9th and 10th transverse, the 11th 

 conical and as long as the two preceding ones: in the 

 female the last joint is shorter. 



Prothorax longer than broad, almost as long as the 

 rostrum , subovate , narrower anteriorly than at the base , 

 behind the middle broader and rounded , the base with an 

 elevate margin ; above deeply punctate and sometimes 

 with a very obsolete furrow; the sides towards the apex 

 almost impunctate, shining; at the base scattered with 

 remote punctures. 



The elytra are as long as the thorax , head and rostrum 

 taken together; the base is a little emarginate and of the 

 width of the thorax , the shoulders are rounded and slightly 

 raised , the sides broader than the base , the apex emargi- 

 nate with the outer angles rounded ; above sulcato-punc- 

 tate, the interstices raised, callous at the base; the 2nd 

 broader, more raised at the apical declivity and with a 

 yellow line interrupted behind the middle; the 1st furrow 

 is impunctate. 



The undersurface of the body very shining; the apical 

 portion of the metasternum and the basal segments of the 

 abdomen slightly excavate in the middle and punctured, 

 in the female without any furrow; the last segment finely 

 punctate. Legs stout , scattered with minute punctures ; 

 anterior coxse contiguous , femora clubshaped , tibiae almost 

 straight, tarsi robust and subequal. 



This species varies also in coloration : the rostrum is 

 reddish brown, more or less infuscate , in some specimens 

 the apical portion is slightly metallic; the antennae and 

 the neck are red-brown , the last joints sometimes duskish ; 

 the head and thorax are, for the greater part, cupreous 



r^otes from the Leyden JMuseixna, Vol. XIV. 



