34 LEIOCHRINUS PURPURIPENNIS. 



NOTE VI. 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE IIETEROMEROUS GENUS 

 LEIOCHRINUS, WESTWOOD. 



DESCRIBED BY 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



Leiochrinus (Leiochritina) purpuripennis , v. d. Poll. 



Nitidus ; capite prothoraceque rufo , prothorace in medio 

 vitta lata nigra ornato ; antennis nigris ; scutello parvo , tri- 

 angularis nigro ; elytris violaceis; subtus niger ^ prosterno rufo 

 pedibusque brunneis ; supra omnino densissime sed delicatissime 

 punctatus. Tarsi articulo penultimo simplici, praecedentibus 

 subtus lobati. Tibiae posticae parum curvatae. — Long. 7 

 mm., lat. 6 mm. 



Habitat Assam. — In mus. nost.ro. 



Bright shining ; the head and prothorax red , the latter 

 with a broad black band along the middle , densely cover- 

 ed with minute punctures ; the antennae black with the 

 apices of the first, second and last joint dark brown; the 

 scutellum small , triangular , pointed at the tip , impunctate, 

 black ; the elytra bright purple ; each of them with eight 

 rows of small punctures , the interstices thickly covered with 

 still smaller ones. Beneath black , with the prosternum red 

 and the legs brown. The hind tibiae slightly curved. 



This is a second species of Westwood's subgenus Leiochri- 

 tina (characterized by the unlobed penultimate tarsal joint) 

 and, as well as L. indica Westw., an inhabitant of Conti- 

 nental India. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuca, Vol. VIII. 



