186 



Aulacochilus sericeus Bedel, Aim. Soc. Ent. Fian. 1872, 

 p. 282. 



Hab. Soekaranda. Several examples. 



Aulacochilus Dohrni n. sp. 



Oblonge - ovatus, postice paullo angustalus, f^upra nigro- 

 caerulcus. ca])ite parce, prothorace pavcius, ad latera crebre 

 distinctc jxinctalo (punctis stoUatis), elvtris nitidioribus, punctaio- 

 striatis; curi)(>rc subtus cum pedibus nigro, sublaevi, unguibus 

 rufis. Long. 5 millim. 



Hab. Liangagas, Soekaranda. 



Oblong-ovate, very little navrowed towards the apex, blue- 

 black above, almost black beneath, the legs blaek with the claM's 

 red. The head is spariuglj' but deeplj punetured, smooth and 

 shining: the antennae are black, the basal Joint alone inchning 

 to be pitchy; tlieir Ihird Joint as long as the two siicceeding i(^ 

 Ihe club elongate, its joints being not so wide as in A. violaceus 

 or A. capcnsis Lac. The maxillary palpi are red. The thorax 

 is at its base twice as wide as long, narrowed in front much 

 as in A. molacens, thickly punetured, but less thickly than in 

 A. capensis; the punctures, irregulär in size and also in shape, 

 being stellate, the base is very faintly bisinuate, the middle lobe 

 being not }>rouounced. The elytra are very finely punctate- 

 striate, the punctures are linear and often confluent, but very 

 obsoletely impressed; the interstices are smooth. Underneath the 

 punctuation is mueh less coarsely inipressed, than in its allies; 

 this is espccially noticeable on the nietasterna and epimera and 

 also on the basal segnient of Ihe abdomen, which in both 

 A. violaceiis and A. capcnsis has Ihe ])ortion representing the 

 }>ost-coxal fossa with a group of very strong flat-bottomed 

 ])unctiires, but which here has only a series, very little larger 

 than those of Ihe rest of the abdomen^ the latter is thickly and 

 distinctly punetured. The apex of the claw-joint and the claws 

 themselves are blood-red. 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1901. 



