240 SEMNOPHARUS APICALIS. 



Semnopharus apicalis , v. d. Poll. 



Nitidus , elongatus , augustus. Caput aureo-viride , vertice 

 cupreo, crebre punctatum^ in medio linea longitudinali pro- 

 funde impressa. Prothorax cupreus , sparsim tenuiterque 

 punctatus, densius in lateribus, praeter marginem frontalem 

 subtiliter marginatus. Scutellum obscure viride, impunctatum. 

 Elytra fulva , pone medium subrubescentia , ad apicem macula 

 magna subtriangulari communi atro-coerulea ornata^ valde 

 punctato-striata , interstitiis impunctatis , punctis aliquot pone 

 humeros exceptis , spinis apicalibus validis , acutis, Scutellum 

 et elytrorum basis prothoracem nonnihil superantia. Sternum^ 

 segmentum primum abdominis {macula fulva utrinque excepta), 

 pedesque aureo-virides ; abdomen fulvum. Prosternum sparsim, 

 meso- et metasternum confertim, latera abdominis pedesque 

 obsolete , punctata. 



Long. 30 mm., lat. 11 mm. 



Elongate and slender, brightly shining. 



The head golden green with the vertex coppery ; thickly 

 punctured with a rather strong longitudinal impression in 

 the middle: the antennae green, the antennary cavities 

 small and shallow, cyaneous. 



The prothorax bright golden coppery, shallowly and 

 sparingly punctured , the punctures becoming somewhat 

 more numerous along the sides, there is also a faint im- 

 pression along the front margin. 



The scutellum is obscure green with violaceous tinges, 

 impunctate. 



The elytra are fulvous, somewhat reddish below the 

 middle , the apical portion is occupied by a large subtrian- 

 gular dark steel blue spot, common to both, and there is 

 a narrow black stripe along the base ; as the specimen was 

 preserved in spirits, the colour has become much darker, 

 and will be probably yellow in fresh specimens. The shoul- 

 ders are cutt oif obliquely in continuation of the oblique 

 sides of the prothorax ; the diverging suture ends in a strong 

 acute spine , and above this , there are at equal inter- 

 Notes from ttie Leydeu IMuseuxn, "Vol. VUI. 



