36 PACHYTERIA PARALLELA. 



the sutural aud lateral impressions , aud the anterior and 

 intermediate femora of a metallic green color; the two basal 

 joints of the antennae , the entire anterior tibiae , and the 

 intermediate and posterior tibiae with the exception of the 

 apex , bright brown ; moreover a chestnut-coloured stripe 

 on the under surface of the femora towards the base. The 

 impressed smooth space on the face not so well defined. 

 The prothorax comparatively less transverse, the anterior 

 margin distinctly upturned, the disk with a short but dis- 

 tinct longitudinal impression on the middle, just behind 

 the anterior transverse groove; of this impression however 

 a faint trace may be observed in puncticollis. The under 

 surface of the body more equally covered with a silvery 

 pile , which is not restricted to lateral patches on the ven- 

 tral segments. 



Sex and habitat unknown. 



Pachyteria parallela, sp. n. Q. 



Length 21 mm. ; breadth at the shoulders 5,25 mm. 



Black , with the basal half of the elytra and the seven 

 apical joints of the antennae luteous , the 4th joint of the 

 antennae with a brown spot on the outside; the black 

 coloured portions tinged with blue, green and purple. The 

 apical half of the elytra, and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th joints 

 of the antennae covered with a black velvety pubescence, 

 the legs with a thin black pubescence , the under surface 

 of the body with a sericeous pile, denser and with a bril- 

 liant silvery gloss on the apical half of the four basal ventral 

 segments; the 5th segment is almost naked. 



The head and the scape of the antennae rugose in con- 

 sequence of a very dense punctuation which is however 

 more dispersed on the anterior half of the clypeus, on 

 the labrum and on the outside of the mandibles , and very 

 fine on the space between the eyes and mandibles ; the 

 front surface of the mandibles and a transverse streak just 

 above the clypeus and extending up close to the inner 



^otGtt Irom the Leyden 3J!u«eum, Vol. III« 



