4U AtlLACOPHORA l.UTETCORNIS. 



Aulacophoru atripennis , Fabr. 



Specimens agreeing well with Fabricius' description are 

 contained in the collection. The colour of' the legs (not 

 given by the author) is generally black , in others the 

 thighs are fulvous. The underside also varies in coloura- 

 tion , some specimens having the breast black. In all , 

 the antennae are flavous with the exception of the first 

 joint which is more or less brownish , and the elytra , 

 widened behind and depressed below the base , are very 

 finely punctured. In size the species varies from S^/g to 

 4^/2 lines. 



A. cyanoptera Boisd. is probably identical with this spe- 

 cies, also perhaps A. >?ig/a»o/)^^ro Boisd. , but the descriptions 

 are too short to come to any conclusion. 



Aulocophora luteicornis, Fabr. 



This species is generally received from Sumatra and may 

 be recognised by the rufous elytra, the latter having the 

 apex black. A. simplicipennis Clark seems to me to be 

 identical with the present insect, the only difference, ac- 

 cording to the description, being the entirely rufous ely- 

 tra. In some of the Sumatran specimens in this collection 

 the lateral margin of the thorax is narrowly testaceous. 



Aulacophora margin ata (V) Chap. 



The specimens obtained at Sumatra agree with those 

 from Java contained in my collection and named by Chapuis 

 himself, but differing from his description (as already pointed 

 out by me in the » Notes from the Leyden Museum. Vol. V. 

 p. 202). The species is extremely closely allied to A. melanura 

 Oliv. from which it only differs apparently in the colour 

 of the underside which is entirely flavous. The present 

 insect has the elytral margin narrowly testaceous, by which 



Notes from the Leyden Museum 5 "Vol. ^VJ.. 



