ORYCHODES RITSEM.E. 161 



NOTE XX. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OE 

 THE FAMILY BRENTHIDJl 



Dr. A. SENNA. 



VI 1), 



Descriptions of two new species and Remarks on the 

 female of Achrionota hilineata Pascoe and oï Prophthalmus 

 planipennis Pascoe hitherto undescribed. 



Ory chodes Ritsemce , n. sp. 



Castaneo-hrunneus ; capite nitido , postice mutico ; rostro 

 prothorace paulo breviore , supra inter antennas et parte ba- 

 sali sxilcato, ante antennas planiusculo ^ utrinque carinula 

 denticulata instructo; prothorace conico, nitidissimo , impunc- 

 tato ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis , interstitiis angustis , 

 lineolis flavis exornatis. — Long. 13 milL , latit. thoracis 

 2V3 milL, cT. 



Hah. Malacca. (ColL Senna). 



Entirely of a chestnut-brown , the legs and the elytra 

 slightly paler. The head is moderately short , rounded above , 

 shining , impunctate , with a very fine longitudinal impres- 

 sion between the eyes , and the posterior angles without 

 any spine; at the base it is truncated. Eyes rather pro- 

 minent , olive-greenish. Rostrum shorter than the protho- 



1) See for the 1st to 5th Contributions : Bullettino d. Soc. Entom. Italiana, 

 Anno XXI, pp. 33—38 and 101-109. 



Notes from the Leyden JMuseum , Vol. XIII. 



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