186 LOMAPTERA MUCTEROPHALLOIDES. 



tenuiter strigosa , in disco sparsim strigoso-punctata , sculptura 

 basin versus evanescente. Pygidium coniforme , triangulare , 

 opice obtuso , strigosum. Mcsosterni processus apice paulisper 

 deorsum directo ; latera sterni tenuiter dmsegue strigosa , 

 punctis ijitermixtis ; pedes fulvo-ciliati^ tibiae anticae iner- 

 mes. — Long. 24 mm,, lat. 12 mm. 



Bright shining green , the lobes of the clypeus , an irre- 

 gular border along the sides of the thorax and the apical 

 portion of the elytra fulvous with a greenish hue, the py- 

 gidium and the femora fulvous with a coppery tinge , the 

 tibiae and tarsi fulvous. 



The head extremely finely punctured at the lobes, with 

 a few widely spread punctures on the vertex and a punc- 

 tiform impression between the eyes. 



The prothorax subconvex , with the sides rounded , the 

 anterior angles projecting and very acute, the posterior 

 angles subacute ; smooth on the disk , towards the sides ex- 

 tremely finely and distantly punctured. 



The elytra are rather strongly narrowed behind, rounded 

 at the top, slightly emarginated near the suture, which 

 is provided with a short spine , the apical portion finely 

 strigose , the disk thickly covered with interrupted trans- 

 verse striae, gradually decreasing towards the base, which 

 is smooth; there is a small longitudinal impression below 

 each shoulder. 



The shape of the pygidium is very peculiar, the cone 

 being triangularly compressed , the obtuse top directed 

 upwards and about on the same level with the elytra, both 

 the undersides of the triangle are still very deeply grooved 

 in a transverse direction; faintly strigose. 



The mesosternal process is somewhat directed upward at 

 the top ; the sides of the breast are finely and closely stri- 

 gose, intermixed with punctures; the feet clothed with ful- 

 vous hairs, the anterior tibiae unarmed. 



This species closely resembles some of the Mucterophallus- 

 species and without examining the pygidium one should be 

 inclined to place it into that genus. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuixi, "Vol. "VIII. 



