ERYTHRUS ROTHSCHILDI. i59 



in dedicating this conspicuous species to Walter von Roth- 

 schild, Esq., the founder of the above quoted Museum. 



b s. The Longicorns described by van Lansberge ^) un- 

 der the names of Ephies palliatus and Ephies ligystropte- 

 roides both belong to the same genus as the species here 

 described. The latter is very closely allied to ligystropteroi- 

 des , but it is larger and proportionately broader, the elytra 

 are entirely of a red colour and more finely punctured, etc. 



Aphrodisium tibials, n. sp. 



Length 33 millim. ; breadth at the shoulders 8^/4 mil- 

 lim. — Rather pale brown, the tip of the maudibles, the 

 eyes, the four apical joints of the antennae (partly), the 

 anterior and posterior margin of the prothorax , the lateral 

 margins of the scutellum, the margins of the metasternum, 

 and the base of the ventral segments , black. The insect is 

 covered with a short pubescence which is velvety on the 

 pronotum , scutellum and elytra ^) ; the colour of the pu- 

 bescence is ochraceous, strongly tinted with sepia on the 

 elytra, and with a golden hue on the sterna. 



The sculpture of the head is hidden by the pubescence, 

 but a smooth line along the vertex is visible ; the inter- 

 antennary ridge is deeply emarginate in the middle and 

 pointed laterally ; the antennae are slender and reach 

 slightly beyond the base of the apical third of the elytra; 

 the scape is short, slightly longer than half the length of 

 the 3rd joint and somewhat widened out at the top on the 

 outside ; the 3rd joint once and a half as long as the 4th ; 

 the 4th to 7th equal in length to each other, the succee- 

 ding joints slightly decreasing in length , the apical one 

 however somewhat longer. 



The anterior margin of the pronotum is distinctly pro- 



1) Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. VI (1884), pp 91 and 92. 



2) A short keel on the pronotum in front of the scutellum, and the shoul- 

 ders, the scutellar region and the costae on the elytra are destitute of pubes- 

 cence, which perhaps results from abrasion. 



Notes from tlie Leyden. Museum, Vol. X.VI. 



