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divided into three larger teeth, which are deeper in 

 colour, as also are the labrum and the sides of the head. 

 The palpi shining black. Eyes chestnut colour, the 

 canthus in front ending in a black knob where the pos- 

 terior canthus terminates, so that it is difficult to distin- 

 guish even with a good glass, whether the canthus is 

 entire or not. Prothorax broader than either head or 

 elytra, shining, but punctate on the anterior part, 

 very convex in the centre, the lateral tooth subacute. 

 Scutellum with a golden tinge, edged with black, with 

 some few scattered punctures. Elytra shining, mi- 

 nutely punctate, with a single short row of somewhat 

 greater punctures, all the edges blackish. There is a 

 small longitudinal black impression in the middle of the 

 underside of the metathorax. Legs stout ; all the tibiae 

 with scattered punctures, out of which arise short golden 

 hairs. Tarsi and claws shining black .^' 



" The only specimen of this magnificent species was 

 brought to Europe by Baron Von Eosenberg, who ob- 

 tained it at Java, where it was found in the Botanical 

 Garden of Buitenzorg. There is some doubt as to its 

 being a Javanese insect, and it seems rather probable 

 that it was imported from Siam, since a great number of 

 trees and plants had been brought, in the preceding 

 year, from that country to the botanical garden." 



Prof. Westwood has favoured me with the following 

 description. 



Ceratognathus rufipennis, Westwood, n. sp. PI. II. fig. 2. 



" C. niger, nitidus ; capite rugoso, in medio verticis 

 tuberculo transverse, bipartite, notato ; mandibulis capitis 

 longitudine, supra parum subangulatis, hand auriculatis, 

 apice bifido ; prothorace cicatricoso-punctato, spatiis non- 

 nullis discoidalibus lineaque mediana postica laevibus ; 

 elytris rufis, rugoso - punctatissimis, singlo 4 costatis 

 costis 2° et 4° e sutura magis elevatis, ante apicem desi- 

 nentibus ; pedibus sat gracilibus, tibiis anticis bidentatis, 

 posticis emarginato-incisis ; corpore infra nigro, nitido, 

 cum mandibulis et femoribus punctatis, serie punctorum 

 majorem prope marginem posticum segmentorum abdo- 

 minis, notato .^^ 



" Long. Corp. lin. 4^." 



^'Hah. — Albany, King George's Sound (Brewer) . In 

 Mus. Saunders." 



