144 EROTYLIDAE. 



III. Subfam. Triplacides. 

 P al CB olyh as d o r s ali s, n. sp. 



Late ovatus , saturate rufus , omnino minute punctatus , 

 elytris nigris, macula magna communi eircum-scutellari rufa , 

 antennarum clava fusca. — Long. 8 , lat. 4 millim. 



Hab. Liberia: Junk-river, six specimens (F. X. Stampfli). 

 — Nyam-Nyam, one specimen (Sclilüter). 



Head even, more strongly and less thickly punctured 

 than the thorax, entirely rich-red, almost blood-red, an- 

 tennae red with the club a little infuscate; thorax trans- 

 verse , much narrower in front than at the base , with 

 acute and prominent front angles , very finely margined 

 all round, but the sides distinctly margined. Elytra 

 smooth and even, with six extremely fine striae, formed 

 of minute elongate punctures, and a sutural row almost 

 obliterated ; externally there are traces of an eighth se- 

 ries. The whole surface most minutely punctate; black, 

 with a dorsal red roundish spot from the base to about 

 the middle, common to both; scutellum , underside and 

 legs entirely red. Tibiae punctured with fine elongate 

 punctures ; abdomen finely and thickly punctate ; breast 

 and episterna very finely punctured , towards the sides 

 alutaceous , metasternal lines plicate , short , enclosing an 

 ill-defined coxal fovea at the margin of which is a second 

 line parallel to the episterna and which borders the entire 

 metasternum ; epimera dull and impunctate. Abdominal lines 

 short and evanescent. 



There are seven specimens of this very distinct species. 



Amhl y s cell s , g. n. 



Eyes coarsely granulate. Mentum subtrigonal, not much 

 pointed in front. Maxillary palpi with their apical joint 



Notes from the Leyden ]VIuseu.zii, "Vol. X. 



