166 MIOLISPA MARI^. 



mandibles small , exserted ; beneath with a distinct longi- 

 tudinal J^eel in the middle, near the antennae and in the 

 apical half distinctly punctured. Antennae short, not so 

 long as head and prothorax taken together, the basal joint 

 short , equal in length to the 2"^ and 3''^ together, the 2°^ 

 joint shaped as in M. suturalis , the S"^*^, 4*^'' and 5^'' moni- 

 liform; the 6*^, 7*^'^ and 8*'' transverse , the remainder three 

 joints conspicuously larger and perfoliate. 



Prothorax nearly as long as broad , ovate, near the apex 

 angularly contracted , with the sides rounded and the base 

 transversely furrowed; above and at the sides irregularly 

 but densely punctate , the punctures very numerous laterally. 



The elytra are sinuate at the base, as long as twice 

 the prothorax and equal in broadness; the sides are sub- 

 parallel, near the apex attenuated, the apex is truncated 

 with the marginal portion turned upward ; above punctate- 

 striate , the inner furrow impunctate , the 2"^'^ and S'"^^ near 

 the suture punctured, the remainder uniformly and deeply 

 punctate , the interstices raised , convex ; . dark-brown , the 

 S*'^ interstice ferruginous , the portion along the suture 

 ferruginous-brown , the apical margin red-brown. 



The undersurface of the body is dark-brown , shining ; 

 metasternum densely punctate and with a central furrow ; the 

 two basal segments of the abdomen with a few very fine 

 punctures , the second only sulcate in the middle ; the 

 remainder segments short and sloping rapidly. Legs short, 

 dark-br©wn , the femora are clavate , brown-red in the 

 middle, finely punctured, at the apex densely punctate; 

 tibiae short , strongly punctured , dark brown-red in the 

 middle , tarsi pubescent. 



1 have dedicated this new species to Miss Maria Magnaghi. 



Pa via. Laboratory of Zoology of the university, June 1891. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XIII. 



