238 APHANISTICUS KRUGERI. 



itself is divided behind the middle by a transverse impres- 

 sion which is interrupted in the middle. The pronotum is 

 smooth showing only a few shallow punctures in the trans- 

 verse impressions and on the flattened sides. The scutellum 

 is small and has a regular triangular shape with acute apex. 

 The elytra at the base as wide as the base of the thorax, 

 the lateral angles angular, the sides parallel as far as half 

 their length (slightly sinuated behind the shoulders), then 

 obliquely narrowing in slightly convex lines till a little 

 before the apex where they become parallel ; the apices 

 subtruncate with broadly rounded external angles; the 

 shoulder-region prominent in consequence of an impression 

 between it and the lateral margin, and the suture on the 

 greater apical third raised in consequence of an impression 

 which accompanies it. The sculpture of the elytra is sub- 

 ject to some variation : 1 . the elytra are covered with large 

 but ill-defined punctures which are arranged in longitudinal 

 rows and which become less and less distinct towards the 

 end and are nearly absent along the apical 3 / 4 of the su- 

 tural region ; 2. the punctuation is very indistinct and 

 confluent and only present on the basal fourth ; 3. no dis- 

 tinct punctuation but traces of raised longitudinal lines on 

 the basal half; 4. the raised longitudinal lines very distinct 

 and continued till a little before the apex. 



Under surface and legs smooth and shining, the sternum 

 and the two basal segments of the abdomen provided with 

 some very shallow punctures. 



Of this species I received a few specimens , together with 

 larvae and pupae, from Dr. Krüger at Kagok (Tegal : Java) 

 to whom the species is dedicated. The larvae were found 

 mining in the under surface of the leaves of sugar-cane , 

 where they undergo also their transformations. They are 

 allied to those of Aphanisticus emarginatus Fabr. (E. Perris, 

 Larves de Coléoptères. (Paris, 1878) p. 149—153; pi. VI, 

 fig. 182 — 188) but remarkable by their being deeply con- 

 stricted between the segments. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XI. 



