74 ON A NEW SPECIES OF CERAPTERUS. 
lata, apice subrotundata. Tibia lateribus parallelis apice truncatis haud bispinosis. 
Tarsi intra tibiarum apices excavatos retractiles. 
This groupe is found in Asia and Africa, within the tropics. 
• Sp. 1. ( ) Cerapterus latipes, Steed. 
Descr. Cerapterus piceus, elytris macula apical! flavcsccntc subrotunda antice quadridentata 
postice lobala, antennis rufis articulo ultimo in tuberculum ad basin elevato. 
Caput piceum. Thorax capitc duplo latior, medio postic&que utrinque foveolatus. 
Antennce lateribus convergentibus serratis, articulo ultimo quatuor precedentibus simul 
sumptis longiore. Elytra thoracc vix latiora. Tilice rufae, latissimse, apice haud spinosse. 
C. latipes , Swed. K. Y. 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 Javanese species hereafter described. 
Sp. 2. ( ) Cerapterus Horsfieldii. 
Descr. Cerapterus piceus, thorace antice emarginato, elytris macula apicali flavescente haud 
rotundata literam Y quodammodo simulante. 
Caput nigropiceum antennis rufo-ferrugineis lateribus parallelis vix serratis, articulo basilari 
lobato, idtimo quinque precedentibus simul sumptis longiore. Thorax capite triplo 
latior, postice utrinque subfoveolatus. Elytra thorace latiora. Tib ice rufee apice haud 
spinosse. 
C. latipes , West. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. G82. 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 1 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. 3. ( ) Cerapterus Smithii, n. s. 
Descr. Cerapterus nigropiceus subnitidus, elytris macula fulva lunari, tibiis intus spina apicali 
instructis. 
Caput piceum subpunctatum. Antennce nigropicece lateribus convergentibus vix serratis, 
articulo ultimo piano tribus precedentibus simul sumptis haud longiore. Thorax capite 
haud duplo latior. Elytra oblongo-quadrata thoracc latiora et fere quiutuplo longiora 
apice rotundata abdomiue haud 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 P aussidee 
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. 
