löö EULEPIS MALAYANA. 



regard to the number of real elytra I think that only 

 twelve pairs were present; for Grube mentions, that also 

 in E. hamifera the twelfth pair of scales are the longest, 

 like in the Siboga-species and in the species described by 

 Treadwell. Mcintosh believes, that his E. Wyvillei should 

 have fifteen pairs of scales, but as several of the scales 

 were wanting, this could be a mistake ; of E. challengeriae 

 only an anterior fragment of the body was at his disposal. 

 Therefore -I presume, that the genus £'^^/(y>/s is characterized 

 by the presence of 12 pairs of elytra, the posterior of 

 which is the longest and covers a great part of the body. 



Ley den Museum, June 1913. 



I>rotes frona the Lcydeii Museum, Vol. XXXV. 



