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on the white bands. On the upturned basal portion of the 

 elj'tra the striae consist of short grooves which are directed 

 inwards and of which the borders are shining. The suturai 

 interstices are flat and nearly twice as broad as the following ; 

 they are provided with two very irregular and often inter- 

 rupted impressed lines. In the first and second striae glossy 

 longitudinal warts are to be seen. The tibiae are for the 

 greatest part covered with a greyish crust, leaving only the 

 apex black ; the femora are also somewhat grexish at the 

 base and both, femora as well as tibiae, are provided with 

 very minute pale bristles. The same greyish crust is to be 

 seen on the vertex and on the base of the rostrum ; there 

 is no cross-incision between the rostrum and the forehead, 

 only a small longitudinal impression ; the greatest (apical) 

 part of the rostrum is glossy, impunctate and shallowly 

 furrowed. 



The male has, like in man\- other species of the genus 

 Cryptodenna, the crenate basal margin of the elytra stretched 

 forwards and slightly turned upwards, but this projected 

 portion, which covers the extreme base of the prothorax, 

 ends suddenly at the 5*'' stria. The glossy black scutellum 

 and the surrounding part of the elytra lie very deep, in 

 consequence of the upturned base and the convexity of the 

 elytra. This remarkable species can not be confounded with 

 any of its congeners. The pattern of the elytra remembers 

 that of some species of Alcides. 



A single male specimen from Kajoetanam, Westcoast of 

 Sumatra, kindly offered to me by Dr. D. Mac Gillavry. 



