CRYPTODERMA LOBATUM. 169 



NOTE XIV. 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE RHYNCHOPHOROUS 

 GENUS CRYPTODERMA ') 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Cryptoderma lobatum, n, sp. cf. 



This new species, of which I have a single male-specimen 

 before me 2 ), is a somewhat aberrant one as to shape and 

 structural characteristics, the prothorax being considerably 

 narrower than the elytra at the shoulders, the elytra being 

 strongly costate and the apical tubercles of the elytra being 

 strongly developed ; moreover the pits by which the upper 

 surface is covered are very large and deep. 



Length (from the anterior margin of the prothorax to 

 the apex of the elytra) 12 mm.; greatest width (across the 

 shoulders) 5 mm. — Covered with a browuisch crust, more 

 greyish on the under surface, legs and antennae, and pro- 

 vided above with the following dirty white markings: on 

 the pronotum three longitudinal lines (one along the middle 

 and one on each side entirely visible from above) ; on the 

 elytra a dorsal cross in the middle, its posterior half less 

 distinct than the anterior half which latter is united with 

 the base of the elytra by a prolongation of the lateral 

 thoracical lines; the declivous portion of the apical tubercles, 

 the humeral region, the lateral margins of the posterior 

 two-thirds of the elytra and the scutellum are likewise 



1) Oxyrrhynchus olim. 



2) The intermediate legs are absent in this specimen. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XXV. 



