194 APHKODISIUM ALBARDAE. 



of the antennae dark piceous above , brown beneath , the 

 remainder joints yellow. The coxae and femora black , the 

 latter with the basal half of the undersurface chestnut-red , 

 the tibiae and tarsi luteous, the claw-hooks dark chestnut. 

 The metasternum and abdomen dark brown, the former 

 approaching to black, the extreme hinder margins of the 

 abdominal segments black. 



The head coarsely punctured on the vertex which shows 

 a smooth space at the middle; behind the eyes, on the 

 cheeks and on the face the punctuation is sparse , whereas 

 it is very dense on the antennary tubers which are sepa- 

 rated by a narrow but deep groove ; the face provided 

 with a I — i-shaped impression. The antennae are slender, 

 the scape is strongly punctured and armed at the top on 

 the outside with an acute spine; the S^d joint one and a 

 half as long as the A^^, the 4*^ — 7^^ equal in length to 

 each other, the S^^ — 11*^ slightly decreasing. 



The prothorax with a curved groove behind the upturn- 

 ed front margin , the raised posterior margin preceded by 

 a narrow smooth groove; the sides are rounded on the 

 anterior half and provided with a blunt tubercle a little 

 behind the middle ; between these tubercles and the front 

 margin of the thorax a circular impression is present which 

 is ill-defined on the inside; the raised disk is irregularly 

 punctured , coarsely towards the sides , provided with a 

 few yellowish hairs, and with a blunt tubercle on each 

 side at the base; midway between these tubercles another 

 faint tubercle is present in front of which a shallow longi- 

 tudinal impression may be observed; the undersurface very 

 densely punctured so as to give it a leathery appearance 

 and this portion as distinctly defined as if it had been a 

 piece led in. The scutellum is triangular, with raised cur- 

 vilinear sides; it is smooth and shows only a few punctures. 



The elytra shghtly tapering from the base, covered with 

 a very fine sculpture and with larger punctures, and provi- 

 ded with three faintly raised longitudinal costae; the api- 

 ces broadly rounded on the outside. 



^N'otes froxu the Ley den Museum, "Vol. X. 



