PELARGODERUS CINCTICORNIS. 33 



NOTE VII. 



TWO NEW SPECIES 

 OF THE LONGICORN GENUS PELARGODERUS 



DESCRIBED BY 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Pelarg oderus cincticornis , n. sp. Q. 



Very closely allied to, and strongly resembling P. hipunc- 

 taius Dalm., but at once distinguished from that species by 

 the antennae being annulated with grey and black. 



Length 82 ram. — Black ; covered with a short olive- 

 brown pubescence which is slightly darker on the elytra; 

 the latter have each a small glabrous spot just behind the 

 middle and are speckled with fulvous ; the head is varie- 

 gated on the mandibles , face , cheeks and vertex with 

 small spots of a coarse fulvous pubescence which likewise 

 covers the scutellum except a glabrous stripe at the middle 

 of its base ; the antennae are covered with a dense grey 

 pubescence , the 3rd and following joints ringed with black 

 at the apex. 



The head shows a few punctures on the face and cheeks , 

 a raised smooth line runs along the middle of the face 

 and a longitudinal furrow is present on the vertex. The 

 prothorax is distinctly corrugated between the anterior and 

 ante-basal groove, and provided on each side with a small 

 but distinct tooth. The sides of the scutellum are con- 

 vergent towards the apex which is broadly rounded. The 

 elytra are granulate at the base, further on they are 



>fotes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XVII. 



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