ANTIPHA BII-'ASCIATA. 221 



Antipha bifasciata, n. sp. 



Head, breast and tibiae black; antennae, thorax, femora 

 and abdomen testaceous; elytra black, closely punctured, 

 a transverse band before, another below the middle and 

 the lateral margin near the apex, fulvous. — Length 2 

 lines. 



var. Underside testaceous. 



Head piceous or black , irapunctate , with a deep trans- 

 verse groove between the eyes; lower part of face obscure 

 dark fulvous; labrum testaceous; antennae two thirds the 

 length of the body , slender , filiform , basal joint curved , 

 thickened at the apex, second joint less than half the size 

 of the preceeding, third and following joints elongate; 

 thorax at least three times as broad as long, the anterior 

 margin concave , posterior one parallel with it ; sides nearly 

 straight , the anterior angles shghtly produced outwards , 

 flattened and oblique; disk impunctate; scutellum broadly 

 trigonate , black ; elytra rather convex , nearly parallel , 

 distinctly punctured , the punctures arranged in rather re- 

 gular and closely approached rows, distinct to the apex; 

 black ; immediately before the middle , a fulvous transverse 

 band is placed which does not quite extend to either mar- 

 gin , this baud is narrowed at each end ; close to the apex 

 is another more regularly shaped band and extending quite 

 to the lateral and sutural margin; the former near the 

 apex is likewise narrowly fulvous ; abdomen and legs testa- 

 ceous ; breast and tibiae piceous ; presternum narrow , clo- 

 sing the anterior coxal cavities. 



Antipha seminigra , Jacoby var. 



Of this species, described by myself in the Notes from 

 the Ley den Museum (Vol. VI, p. 52) a variety is contai- 

 ned in the present collection in which the entire under- 

 side and legs are pale fulvous and the elytra either black 

 (as in the type) or dark blue ; structural characters I can- 

 Notes from tlie Leyden. M-ixseum , Vol. VI. 



