APOGONIA METASTERNALIS. 207 



NOTE XXX. 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE MELOLONTHID GENUS 

 APOGONIA 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Apogonia metasternalis , n. sp. 



Easily recognizable by the semicircular impression on 

 the middle of the metasternura , which impression is more 

 distinct in the male than in the female. 



Length 8,5 — 9,5 mm. — Oblougo-ovate , subparallel, 

 glabrous, black, the elytra with a green or purple hue, 

 the under surface and legs sprinkled with pale coloured 

 bristles. 



The face is deeply and closely punctured (the punctures 

 larger and somewhat wider apart than those on the pro- 

 notum), and separated from the clypeus by a distinct su- 

 ture which is preceded by a transverse smooth streak pro- 

 vided with some strong punctures; the clypeus itself strongly 

 punctured, the punctures large and close together, the 

 anterior margin narrowly reflexed, almost regularly rounded, 

 very faintly truncate or emarginate in the middle; as the 

 eyes lie in a lower level than the face , the inner orbit seems 

 to be slightly thickened. 



The punctuation on the pronotum is very even and 

 dense ; the anterior angles of the prothorax are acute but 

 not prominent, the sides (viewed laterally) are much 

 rounded behind the middle , and the posterior angles are 

 very obtuse ; the impressions at the basal margin , in front 

 of the lateral angles of the scutellum , are very distinct. 

 The scutellum is punctured, and has a smooth space at 

 the base or a smooth line along the middle. 



Notes from tlie X-ieyden JVIuseum, Vol. XVII. 



