BOTHRTDERES RElTTERt. 77 



NOTE XX. 



DESCRIPTION OY A NE¥ SPECIES OF THE 

 COLEOPTEROUS GENUS BOTHRIDERES, ERICHS. 



BY 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Bothrideres Reitteri, sp. n. 



Length 7,5 mm. — Glossy dark brown, the elytra, the 

 under surface and femora somewhat paler. 



The head finely punctured , provided with a longitudi- 

 nal impression widening out towards the anterior margin 

 which is straight. Eyes very prominent ovate and trans- 

 verse. The pro-apical and apical joints of the antennae 

 transverse , the latter densely covered with a short greyish 

 pubescence. 



The thorax wedge-shaped, truncate both before and be- 

 hind ; the anterior angles acute , slightly projecting , the 

 sides convergent towards the base , distinctly rounded on 

 the anterior half and notched at the basal angles, the 

 notches preceded by a small blunt tooth. The disk spa- 

 ringly covered with punctures which are much finer than 

 those of the head ; moreover it is deeply excised longitu- 

 dinally ; the excision not continued either to the front or 

 the hinder margin , pedunculate , and provided at the bot- 

 tom of the widest or anterior division with a slightly rai- 

 sed , well defined longitudinal patch. The scutellum of a 

 regular triangular shape, with curvilinear sides. 



Notes frotn the Leyden M^ixsetim, "Vol. III. 



