126 APHANISTICUS CONSANGUINEUS. 



is covered with an extremely fine sculpture which is only 

 visible with the aid of a lens of strong power. 



The head is short, shallowly excavated between the 

 eyes which gives the aspect of a slight emargination when 

 the head is seen from above. The entire head is remotely 

 covered with distinct punctures. 



The prothorax is slightly transverse; the sides are 

 strongly rounded at the anterior half, thence straight and 

 inconspicuously convergent towards the base, the basal 

 angles bluntly rectangular, the anterior angles acute and 

 prominent; the base bisinuate, the middle-lobe rather 

 small and rounded posteriorly ; the disc strongly convex, 

 the sides flattened, much more narrowly however than in 

 Krngeri, but the flattened portion becomes obliquely broader 

 inwardly just behind the middle; the central basal lobe is 

 likewise flattened ; an indistinct transverse impression oc- 

 curs beyond the straight middle portion of the front margin. 

 The surface is remotely covered with large but shallow 

 punctures. The scutellum is very small, rounded behind. 



The elytra at the base as broad as the base of the 

 thorax; the sides parallel as far as half their length, 

 though sinuated beyond the shoulders, then slightly broader 

 and finally obliquely narrowed towards the apices which 

 are broadly rounded; the apical margin finely serrulate; 

 the shoulder region is prominent in consequence of an 

 impression between it and the lateral margin, and the su- 

 ture on the apical half faintly raised in consequence of a 

 shallow impression by which it is accompanied. The elytra 

 are provided with regular rows of squarish punctures which 

 become smaller and obsolete on the apical half, especially 

 on the sutural region. 



Under surface and legs smooth and shining, the ster- 

 num and the united first and second abdominal segments 

 with a few shallow indistinct punctures. 



Leydeu Museum, May 1897. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuixi, Vol. XIX. 



