THAUMASTOPEUS WESTWOODI. 144 
NOTE XVI. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES 
OF THE CETONID GENUS THAUMASTOPEUS, KRAATZ 
BY 
C. RITSEMA Cz. 
Thaumastopeus Westwoodi, un. sp. Q. 
Length (from the anterior margin of the prothorax down 
to the end of the suture) 33 mm.; breadth at the shoul- 
ders 18 mm. — Subshining above, more strongly shining 
beneath. Entirely black, without distinct metallic hue, the 
club of the antennae pitchy, the prominent tufts of hairs 
on the parts of the mouth ferruginous. 
The head glossy and impunctate on the vertex; between 
the eyes and along the middle of the face rather small punc- 
tures are present, whereas large punctures occur on the 
sides of the face below the eyes; on the impressed portion 
of the lobes of the clypeus no distinct punctures are visi- 
ble, but on the margins a very fine punctuation is to be 
observed. 
The prothorax convex in a transverse as well as in a 
longitudinal direction; the upper surface very finely coria- 
ceous, the punctures stronger and denser set towards the 
sides, especially in the anterior angles; the sides bisinuate , 
faintly margined along the basal half; the basal lobe sub- 
emarginate, leaving the elongate triangular tip of the 
scutellum uncovered; a small and shallow transverse im- 
pression is (perhaps accidentally) present close to the basal 
margin, midway between the median lobe and the lateral 
angles, which latter are narrowly rounded and but very 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
