ICHTHYURUS BIFASCIATUS. 



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pressed line runs from the outer margin "behind the shoul- 

 ders to the yellow portion at about two thirds of the 

 length of the elytra; the elytra are narrowed towards the 

 apex which is rounded ; the outer margin concave behind 

 the shoulders, the inner margin waved; the shoulders 

 prominent. The abdomen long and slender , its sides parallel ; 

 the apical segment longer than broad, the upper surface 

 plane, the sides straight and parallel, the incision angular, 

 not quite as deep as half the length of the segment, its 

 sides straight. 



A single specimen brought home from Java by the late 

 Prof. Blume. 



2. Ichthyurus bifasciatus, sp. n. (f. 



Length about 8 mm. — The head, the parts of the 

 mouth, and the antennae black ; the mandibles brown ; the 

 face between the base of the antennae and the mouth , a 

 line at the inner orbit of the eyes above the base of the 

 antennae, and the three basal joints of the antennae pale 

 yellow , the last stained with fuscous posteriorly. The 

 prothorax black , its posterior and lateral margins narrowly 

 pale yellow; the scutellum pale yellow; the elytra pitchy, 

 with a narrow pale yellow fascia across the base and a 

 broader one before the apex ; the basal fascia continued a 

 little along the outer margin, the apical one slightly curved; 

 the wings splendidly iridescent, with a somewhat milky 

 tinge, brownish along the costal nervure. The legs pitchy, 

 with the apex of the coxae , the trochanters , the base of 

 the femorae and the knees pale yellow , the latter more or 

 less indistinct; at the first and second pair the entire 

 underside of the femorae pale yellow. The abdomen pitchy, 

 the apical margin and edges of the segments pale yellow, 

 less distinct towards the apex , especially beneath. Beneath : 

 the thorax pitchy, with two pale yellow spots on each 

 side , one above the intermediate , the other above and 

 before the posterior coxae. 



JSotea from the Il.ieyd.en ZVEuseuxn» 



