BATOCERA INCONSPICUA. 



NOTE II. 

 ON NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN BATOCERIDAE. 



BT 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



Batocera inconspicua, v. d. Poll. 



cf . Nigra , omnino tornento fulvo tecta , subtus lateraliter 

 ah oculis usque ad medium primi segmenti abdominis vitta 

 lata alba ornata. Caput subtilissime densissimeque puneta- 

 tum,, in fronte aliquot punctis grossis iniermixtis. Antenna- 

 rum, scapus sat elongatus , rugoso-punctatus , cicatrice fere 

 haud, conspicua; illarum articuli 3 — 10 prorsus spinis mi- 

 nutis obtecti et ad apices spinis pluriniis validiorihus armati. 

 Prothorax in disco inaequalis , in medio utrinque longe et 

 recte spinosus; delicatissime punctatus. Elytra elongata, sub- 

 cuneiformia ; humeris valde prominentibus , dente valido , 

 perlongo et oblique posito, arniatis ^ ad apicem recte trun- 

 cata, quadrispinosa {spinae suturales majores)', sparse punc- 

 tata , quarta parte basali granulis sat dense obtecta. Tibiae 

 anticae post medium arcuatae , intus denticulatae ; primus 

 articulus tarsorum extus in dentem brevem pervalidum pro- 

 ductus. 



Long. 52 ram., lat. ad hum. 17 mm., long, antenna- 

 rum 98 mm. 



Habitat : Dinner Island , S. E. New Guinea (H. 0. Forbes !). 



Black , entirely clothed with a fulvous tomentum , the 

 sides of the undersurface with a broad chalky white stripe , 

 which originates at the eyes and stops about the middle 

 of the first abdominal segment. Head extremely minutely 



Notes from ttie Leyden IMuseixm, Vol. X.II. 



