APODERUS CRUENTATUS. 227 



NOTE XXXV. 



DESCRirïION or TWO NEW SPECIES OE THE 

 IIHYNCHOPHOROUS GENUS APODERUS. 



BY 



W. ROELOFS. 



1. Apoderiis cruentatus , sp. n. 

 Synonym: Strigapoderus cruentatus , Jekel in litt. 



Capite , prothorace , scutello tuberculisque baseos elytrorum 

 bninneo-rufis nitidis. Antennis nigris, basi rnfis. Protho- 

 racis lateribus elytrisque nigris , his striis profundis grosse 

 punctatis. Subtus pedibusque testaceis, femoruiu apice ti- 

 biis tarsisque brunneis. — Long. 6 mm. rostr. excl. 



Of the same size and shape as Apoderus melanopterus 

 Wiedeni. — Head of a deep brownish red color, smooth 

 and glossy, provided with a short impressed line between 

 the eyes ; rostrum with a gibbosity between the antennae ; 

 this gibbosity divided by a median impression. The an- 

 tennae with the two first joints red, the following of a 

 blackish brown ; their club black , velvety. 



Color of the prothorax similar to that of the head , and 

 extending on the scutellum and on the median portion of 

 the base of the elytra; its sides are more or less washed 

 with black. The prothorax is smooth, narrowed anteriorly 

 and provided at its slightly rounded base with a transverse 

 impressed line which narrows it posteriorly. Behind this 

 line the base shows a small straight impression which is 



Notes from the Leyclen IMuseum, Vol. H. 



