b BATOCERA TNCONSPICUA. 



punctured , in front with a few scattered larger punctures 

 and a sharply elevated line in the middle , with a small 

 pit behind the anteunary tubers and a few small flattened 

 granules along the upper lobes of the eyes. The scape of 

 the antennae is rather slender, hardly angular and broadly 

 rounded at the top, its cicatrix not very distinct, rugo- 

 sely punctured. The 3'"'^ antennal joint overreaching the 

 next following with one third of its length, the 4^^ — lOth 

 gradually but slightly decreasing , the apical joint at least 

 one fourth longer than the foregoing; the Si""! — lO^t joints 

 covered roundabout with minute flattened spines, which 

 are larger and more porrect along the underside, however 

 these spines are absent on the uppersurface of the entire 

 third joint and the basal half of the fourth , where they 

 are replaced by a sculpture consisting of small punctures 

 intermixed with numerous large ones; moreover the api- 

 ces , except above , are armed with short stout spines. 

 Prothorax constricted and wrinkled anteriorly and poste- 

 riorly , disc uneven but without strong unequalities , sides 

 provided with long spines , which are straight , acute and 

 slightly turned upwards , below them there are a few small 

 granules. Scutellum large , broadly rounded. Elytra elongate 

 and cuneiform with the shoulders very prominent and pro- 

 vided with an obliquely directed strong tooth ; their api- 

 ces cut off in a straight line, four-spined, the lateral spi- 

 nes short, the sutural ones longer and sharper; the basal 

 fourth thickly covered with granules of moderate size, 

 which are rather smaller and extend more downwards along 

 the sides, all the remainder covered with scattered shallow 

 punctures, which become the more and more obsolete 

 towards the top. The forder tibiae are strongly arcuate 

 beyond the middle and the inner margin is irregularly den- 

 ticulate; the first joint of the forder tarsi is armed on 

 the outerside with a very short but strong spine. 



In several respects this species comes very close to B. 

 armata 01. , but inter alia , the last antennal joint not being 

 spatula-shaped, the presence of lateral spines at the apex 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseviin , Vol. XII. 



