218 FIGULUS LA.NSBERGEI. 



rior half concave, with au inconspicuous tubercle in the 

 middle, and a more distinct one almost in front of each 

 eye ; the front margin very slightly emarginate , nearly 

 straight. The vertex provided with a transverse elevation 

 notched at the top and thus forming two distinct tu- 

 bercles , directed slightly forward , of which the right 

 one is more developed than the left; behind this elevation 

 a very conspicuous transverse impression may be observed. 

 The ocular canthus slightly and obliquely emarginate in 

 front of the eyes , nearly parallel and with thickened mar- 

 gin laterally , terminating posteriorly in an obtuse angle 

 and irregularly covered with large punctures. The man- 

 dibles are curved and acuminate, on their upper sur- 

 face provided with a longitudinal furrow and on their inner 

 side armed with a strong central tooth preceded by a much 

 smaller one. 



Prothorax broader than the head , rather broader than 

 long , very smooth and glossy, non-foveate , and overspread 

 with almost imperceptible punctures ; the sides are parallel , 

 the angles rounded, the anterior ones rather prominent, 

 somewhat flattened, with thickened margin; the base and 

 the sides narrow-edged, the front margin without the 

 slightest trace of a median tubercle. Scutellum impunc- 

 tate , of a verry narrow triangular shape. 



The elytra are very glossy, somewhat narrower than the 

 prothorax , and somewhat longer than twice its length , 

 with slightly pointed shoulders. The striae along the su- 

 ture only are deep and well defined , and very inconspi- 

 cuously crenulated ; the second and third striae only con- 

 sist in a row of almost imperceptible punctures , which 

 are more distinct near the base of the elytra; the punc- 

 tures of the fourth stria are distinct although small , those 

 of the fifth larger , and those of the sixth stria the largest 

 of all, and placed in an indistinct longitudinal furrow. 

 Between the sixth stria and the marginal furrow , which 

 is irregidarly provided with large punctures, three longi- 

 tudinal rows of more or less inconspicuous punctures may 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum , Vol. II. 



