On two new species of Geodephagous Coleoptera from Sumatra

Closely allied to Therates Wallacei Thoms. ¹) and found in the same locality. It may perhaps prove to be only a variety of that species. Thorax blue; elytra green with the whole base and the apex yellow, the sutural spines are even shorter, and the legs are entirely testaceous with the exception of the tarsi of the anterior pair and the apical joints of those of the middle and hind legs. — Length 12 mm.