56 MUNARIA RITSEMAE. 



it by its short tarsal joints, contiguous anterior coxae and 

 ribbed thorax. 



Munaria Ritsemae, sp. n. 



Subcylindrica , valde elongata, nigra, opaca, antennis 

 pedibusque brunneis; antennis crassis, articulo tertio sub- 

 elongato , penultimis tribus transversis , capita thorace baud 

 angustiore , hoc elongato , disco quadricarinato , medio pro- 

 funde canaliculato , costis sublateralibus ante basin abbre- 

 viatis , supra parce punctatis ; elytris thorace fere duplo 

 longioribus , dense fortiter punctato-striatis , striis approxi- 

 matis , punctis striarum quadratis , confertis , sutura inter- 

 stitiisque (3) alternis costato-elevatis , apice conjunctim 

 emarginatis , extus in dentem productis , supra parce pilo- 

 sis. — Long. corp. 7,4 mm. 



Narrow and elongate , semi-cylindrical , dull black , an- 

 tennae and legs reddish brown. — Head as broad as the 

 thorax , slightly and sparingly punctured , the sides turned 

 upwards. Vertex provided with two slightly raised lines 

 which are convergent towards the thorax; eyes large , trans- 

 verse, finely granulate, bare, emarginated anteriorly by 

 a prolongation of the frontal careens. Clypeus covered 

 with a fine yellow pubescence. — Thorax twice and a half 

 as long as broad in the middle , slightly narrowed towards 

 the base, the sides finely margined, the disk with four 

 longitudinal ribs ; of these ribs the outer ones are less 

 pronounced , and abbreviated before the base , between the 

 inner ones a deep longitudinal furrow may be observed ; 

 between the ribs the disk is distantly, strongly although 

 shallowly punctured. — Elytra almost twice as long as 

 the thorax, at the base somewhat broader than the latter, 

 at the apex semicircularly emarginated , each elytron being 

 in this way provided with a toothshaped projection. Up- 

 persurface towards the apex distantly covered with erect 

 hairs, disk with strongly and deeply punctured striae, the 

 punctures square , placed close together , grafted , the in- 



X>?otes from tlie Leyden Museum, Vol. IV. 



