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way as the head , almost as broad as the head , not longer 

 than broad, but little convex, slightly arcuate at the hind 

 border , with a very thin neck , the sides dilated anteriorly 

 in a rounded gibbosity, narrowed and sinuated towards 

 the base, the latter almost straight, but little dilated at 

 the angles and slightly edged. Scutellum small , rounded. — 

 Elytra broader at the base than the prothorax, the angles 

 marked although rounded, small swellings but little con- 

 spicuous ; the elytra are dilated in a curved line at the 

 sides , having their greatest width behind the middle , round- 

 ed at the end , slightly convex , glossy , with strong , distant 

 punctures which are arranged in lines on the anterior 

 portion ; the black transverse spot rather long , reaching 

 neither to the suture nor to the external border ; they are 

 provided with suberect yellowish hairs. — Legs very pale, 

 tibiae slender , tarsi very fine , not very elongate. 



Must be placed close to A. nebulosus to which it resem- 

 bles; however in addition to the distribution of the spots 

 on the elytra the punctuation is very different: it is more 

 dense on the elytra, stronger and more distant on the 

 pronotum and on the head. 



Var. Sometimes the black colour extends further, inva- 

 des the head and more or less the pronotum , the black 

 band widens out, ascends along the borders, is prolonged 

 on the suture and along the apical margin, and shows a 

 tendency to meet again and to enclose a yellow spot which 

 is formed by the groundcolour. 



Hab. West Java: Batavia (de Gavere and Sythoff). 



Paris, December 13th, 1881. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. IV. 



