Mr. Westwood's Synopsis <if the Genus Cerapterus. 585 



Subgenus G. Pleuropterus. 



(apiif tlioi-ace diipli^ angustius. Jntennœ elongatœ subplana-, aiticulo se- 

 cundo extùs in angulum acutuin pmdncto. Palpi elongati ; labiales ai-ti- 

 eulo ultimo crassiori vix securifornii. Labium nuixin)uni, rigiduni. Tho- 

 rax elytrorum latitudine, lateribus margine elevato posticè valdè sinuato 

 utrinque in auricniain producto. E/i/fra oblongo-quadrata, basi Iticos- 

 tata. Pedes elongati, graciles, tarsis latis subtiis setosis. 



Species 1. (S.) Cerapterus [Pleuropterus] Westermanni. 



C. rufo-piceus, baud nitidus ; elytris nigris postice cruce lufescenti notatis, basi 

 bicostatis, disco longitudinalitèr subimpressis, apice rufescentibus. 



Long, coi-p. lin. 4^. Lat. lin. 1|. 



Habitat in insula Java. In Mus. D. Westermanni, cujus nomine banc spe- 

 ciem admodùm singularem animo grato inscripsi. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 



Tab. XXXIX. C. 



a. Cerapterus [^Homopterus'] hrasiUensis, seen from above aiul magnified. 

 b. Ditto, seen in profile, c. Head, seen from front, d. Mandibles. 

 e. Maxillary palpi. ./'//. Labial palpi, seen in different positions. 

 g. Antenna, seen from above. //. Ditto, seen sideways. /. Trans- 

 verse section of one of tlie joints of the antenna, k. One of ditto, 

 seen from above. /. Fore -foot. m. Hind-foot. ii. Tarsus. 



