30 A.GRAEUS CONSTRICTUS. 



yellow pubescence is present. On the middle of the post- 

 erior margin , opposite to the scutellum , a small although 

 very distinct tubercle may be observed. The scutellum of 

 a somewhat elongate pentagonal shape. 



The elytra strongly and regularly convex, and as broad 

 as the thorax , although a little broader just before the 

 middle; the apical half narrowed in a curvilinear manner; 

 the apices conjointly rounded. The elytra are sparingly 

 covered with erect hairs , either black or fulvous according 

 to different lights , and provided on the middle of the 

 basal half at some distance from the suture with two tufts 

 of similar hairs ; moreover they show , especially on the 

 apical half, some small spots of a white scale-like pubes- 

 cence. 



A single specimen from West Java (Batavia; Dr. C. de 

 Gavere). 



Leyden Museum, November 1880. 



ISote» Iroin the Lieyden IMuaeum, "Vol. III. 



