1X8 STRATIORRIIIW FRNfORAUS. 



NOTE XXIIT. 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE BRENTIHl) GENUS 

 STRATTOKKHTNA, PASCOE 



DKSCRIBED BY 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Stratiorrhina ffimoralis , n. sp. 9. 



Length (the rostrum included) 29 ram., width of the 

 shoulders of the elytra 5 mm, — Opaque , with the excep- 

 tion of the narrowed portion of the rostrum and the elytra 

 which are subshining. Very narrow pale yellow scales 

 are scattered over the whole insect , the antennae and legs 

 inclusive , but with the exception of the narrowed portion 

 of the rostrum ; on the elytra these scales are hardly vi- 

 sible. The general color is dark vinous red , that of the 

 antennae pale ferruginous, indistinctly spotted with black, 

 that of the elytra bright reddish brown, with the shoul- 

 ders , the bottom of the punctures or pits and , to a cer- 

 tain extend , the longitudinal ridges between them black ; 

 moreover the coxae and femora (the basal third of the 

 latter excepted) are black, the extreme tip of the I'ostrum , 

 the posterior margin of the 2nd and following abdominal 

 segments and the tarsal claws l)lackish. 



The head is widest at the base , slightly narrowed in 

 straight lines towards the eyes and vaguely punctured ; 

 the dilated basal portion of the rostrum is similarly punc- 

 tured and provided with a longitudinal shallow impression ; 

 its sides are sinuated. The eyes are a little more appro- 

 ximate to the base of the head than to the insertion of 



.Notes from llie Leydeii IMuseurii , Vol. IV. 



