214 PACHYTERIA PASTEURI. 



and covered with a short black pubescence. — Body under- 

 neath and legs black, with blue and violet tinges; the 

 anterior tibiae covered on the inside and the anterior tarsi 

 covered above with an ochraceous pubescence. 



The head is strongly but not densely punctured with 

 the exception of the pubescent inter-antennary ridge which 

 has a very fine and dense punctuation ; a narrow and deep 

 groove runs from the base of the clypeus up to the vertex 

 where it ends in a smooth space; the sides of the mandi- 

 bles have a few fine punctures near the base. The anten- 

 nae are rather short and stout, reaching slightly beyond 

 the middle of the black apical half of the elytra; the 

 scape is densely punctured , and provided on the frontside 

 with a shallow longitudinal groove ; the 3rd joint nearly 

 as long as the 4th and 5th taken together, the following 

 slightly decreasing in length , the apical one , however, 

 somewhat longer than the penultimate. 



The raised disk of the pronotum is covered with rather 

 regular and partly confluent transverse wrinkles which on 

 the basal half are interrupted in the middle by a smooth 

 space ; the interspaces between the wrinkles are provided 

 with large punctures; the anterior constricted portion is 

 followed in the middle by a broad and smooth semilunar 

 impression ; the middle of the sides is armed with a 

 strong toothlike angle which is smooth. The scutellum is 

 of a regular triangular shape with very acute apex ; it is 

 impressed along the middle and covered with distinct 

 punctures. 



The elytra taper gradually from a little beyond the shoul- 

 ders; the apices are narrowly and separately rounded and 

 consequently dehiscent; the ochraceous basal half is not 

 closely covered with large punctures which bear a short 

 uncolored hair ; on the black colored apical half the punc- 

 tuation is fine and dense and covered with a short black 

 pubescence. 



The under surface of the head and prothorax is trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; the meso- and metasternum are very 



ISTotes from tbe Leyden IMuseTiin , Vol. XIV. 



