120 APOGONIA BRENSKEI. 



from the face by a distinct suture, the anterior margin 

 reflexecl, the punctuation agreeing with that of the face 

 where it is not coarse but very dense. 



The prothorax is strongly transverse; its surface is 

 somewhat uneven, especially laterally, and very densely 

 covered with punctures which, on the middle, are a trifle 

 smaller than those on the face ; moreover a more or less 

 distinct smooth line is often to be seen along the middle 

 and the basal margin also is smooth ; the sides are 

 rounded just behind the middle when viewed laterally, 

 the basal angles are obtuse, the anterior ones acute and 

 very slightly protruding. The scutellum is smooth, en- 

 tirely impuuctate or with a few fine punctures , and 

 of an almost regular triangular shape with slightly con- 

 vex sides. 



The elytra are strongly punctured, with two very dis- 

 tinct narrow costae of about equal width; the third costa 

 is not discernible as the punctures on this part of the 

 elytra are in regular rows. 



The propygidium is somewhat rugosely, the pygidium 

 coarsely punctured, the latter shows sometimes an indi- 

 cation of a mesial keel. The punctuation on the meta- 

 sternum agrees with that of the abdomen. The opaque 

 impunctate portion of the latter which is covered by the 

 elytra is, on the sides (not continued along the propygi- 

 dium), sharply separated from the lower punctate portion 

 by a raised line. 



The anterior tibiae are tridentate in both sexes, the 

 upper tooth is small but distinct. 



In the male the autennal club is distinctly longer than 

 in the female, and its anterior tarsi are broader. 



Hab. Ruby-mines in Upper Burma, at an elevation of 

 1200—2300 meter. (Mr. Rene Oberthiir's collection and 

 Leydeu Museum). 



I have named this species after Mr. Ernst Brenske, of 

 Potsdam, the well-known student of the Coleopterous 

 family Melolonthidae. 



Notes Iroiii the Leyden IMuseum, Vol. XIX. 



