30 PLATYNEMA OLLIFFI. 



The head of about the same length as the thorax; the 

 sides behiud the eyes slightly convex , parallel ; epistome 

 with two projecting slender teeth which are divergent and 

 slightly directed downwards ; the angle between the teeth 

 is rounded; the head is flat or even faintly impressed on 

 the disk , and covered with a strong but rather distant 

 punctuation. 



The sides of the thorax , which is a little narrower at 

 the base than in front and widest about the middle where 

 it is wider than the head , are regularly convex ; the an- 

 terior angles declinate , the posterior ones broadly rounded 

 and provided with a small impression ; the disk is flat and 

 provided along the middle with a large ovate very shallow 

 impression , which extends from the front margin to the 

 base ; an excessively fine mesial line may be observed at 

 the bottom of this impression ; the impression is rather 

 more distantly punctured than the head; on the sides of 

 the thorax the punctures are more close together and elon- 

 gate. Scutellum triangular, strongly transverse , impunc- 

 tate or with a very few large punctures. 



Elytra distinctly longer than , but scarcely so broad as 

 the thorax, the sides parallel, the apex conjointly round- 

 ed , the sutural region depressed. They are punctate- 

 striate, but the striae disappear before the apex. 



Abdomen distantly punctured , the third segment with 

 a shallow central impression ; the pygidium raised along 

 the middle. Some long testaceous hairs are present along 

 the sides of the abdomen and on the pygidium. 



No doubt this species will prove to be closely allied to 

 fuscipennis Murr. from Sarawak (Borneo) and to denticeps 

 Murr. from Singapore. 



Up to this time no species have been described in this 

 genus, besides those described by Mr. Murray and enu- 

 merated in the 3rd volume of the Catalogus Monacensis. 



Leyden Museum, November 1884. 



Notes from th.e Leyden JMuseum, Vol. VIl. 



