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ON A NEW SPECIES OF CERAPTERUS. 



lata, apice subrotundata. TihicB lateribus parallelis apice truncatis baud bispinosis. 

 Tarsi intra tibiarum apices excavates retrac tiles. 



This groupe is found in Asia and Africa, within the tropics. 



Sp. 1 . ( ) Cerapterus latipes, iSwed. 



Descb. Cerapterus piceus, elytris macula apicali flavescente subrotunda antice quadridentata 

 postice lobata, antennis rufis articulo ultimo in tuberculum ad basin elevato. 



Caput piceum. Thorax capite duplo latior, medio posticeque utrinque foveolatus. 

 Antennm lateribus convergentlbus serratis, articulo ultimo quatuor precedentlbus simul 

 sumptis longiore. Elytra thorace vix latiora. Tihia3 rufse, latissimee, apice baud spinosse. 

 C. latipes, Swed. K. V. Acad. vol. ix. p. 203, tab. 6. fig. 1. 



Note. The original specimen which General Davies sent to Swederus for description is now 

 in my collection, my father having purchased it at the sale of the General's museum. It is 

 supposed to be a native of the East Indies, which is more than probable, as it comes very close 

 to the J avanese species hereafter described. 



Sp. 2. ( ) Cerapterus Horsfieldii. 



Descr. Cerapterus piceus, thorace antice emarginato, elytris macula apicali flavescente baud 

 rotundata literam Y quodammodo simulante. 



Caput nigropiceum antennis rufo-ferrugineis lateribus parallelis vix serratis, articulo basilar! 

 lobato, ultimo quinque precedentlbus simul sumptis longiore. Thorax capite triple 

 latior, postice utrinque subfoveolatus. Elytra thorace latiora. TihicB rufse apice baud 

 spinosse. 



C. latipes. West. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 682. tab. 33. fig. 52—56. 

 C. Horsfieldii'? West. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 672. 



Note. The only specimen known of this insect was brought by Dr. Horsfield from Java, and 

 deposited by him in the museum of the East India Company. It was first described by Mr. 

 Westwood, who imagined it to be a variety of Cerapterus latipes. He proposed, however, if it 

 should eventually be proved different, that it should be called C. Horsfieldii ; and this 

 proposal I have had great pleasure in adopting, out of respect for the profound entomological 

 science of Dr. Horsfield. The figure given in the Linnean Transactions of this interesting 

 insect is so incorrect, that I have, with Dr. Horsfield's kind permission, employed Mr. C. Curtis 

 to make an accurate one for the satisfaction of entomologists. The size is that of the former 

 species, that is, rather more than five lines. 



Sp. 8. ( ) Cerapterus Smithii, n. s. 



Descb. Cerapterus nigropiceus subnitidus, elytris macula fulva lunari, tibiis intus spina apicali 

 instructis. 



Caput piceum subpunctatum. Antennce nigropicese lateribus convergentlbus vix serratis, 

 articulo ultimo piano tribus precedentlbus simul sumptis baud longiore. Thorax capite 

 baud duplo latior. Elytra oblongo-quadrata thorace latiora et fere quintuple longiora 

 apice rotundata abdomine baud breviora. Pedes nigropicei. 



Note. For an unique specimen of this African species I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. 

 Smith, who found it within the tropic of Capricorn. It is by far the largest of the Paussidce 

 known, and differs from the two former species of Cerapterus in having a spine at the extremity 

 of the tibia. It seems to form a distinct section of Cerapterus. 



