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finely and densely punctured on the sides, but towards 

 the middle (which shows an impressed longitudinal line) 

 the punctures become larger and wider apart; the iuter- 

 coxal part of the pro- and mesosternum is formed as in 

 the majority of the species (no tubercle with V-shaped 

 recess) ; the abdomen is finely and distantly punctured ; 

 the 5th ventral segment faintly emarginate, with broadly 

 rounded hind angles ; the legs are strongly punctured , 

 and the posterior femora reach beyond the apices of the 

 elytra. 



Hah. Nias Island. — A single specimen , presented to 

 the Leyden Museum by Mr. J. D. Pasteur to whom the 

 species is dedicated. 



Pacliyteria luguhris , n. sp. cT. 



Easily distinguished by its dark coloration being enti- 

 rely greenish- or bluish black, with the intermediate 

 antennal joints partly brownish yellow and the elytra 

 provided , a little beyond the middle , with a narrow trans- 

 verse band of pale yellowish hairs ; the prothorax is not 

 at all armed at the sides. 



Length from the anterior margin of the inter-anten- 

 nary ridge to the apex of the elytra 32 mm,, breadth at 

 the shoulders 9V4 mm. — Above opaque and of a greenish 

 black color , the legs subnitid and , as well as the meta- 

 sternum, dark blue with faint green tinges ; sparsely covered 

 with extremely short black hairs which , however , are 

 closely set on the inter-antennary ridge, on the front- 

 and basal margin and the disk of the pronotum , on the 

 scutellum and across the middle of the elytra giving these 

 parts a velvety appearance. In the velvety streak of the 

 elytra, a little beyond their middle, a very narrow sinuate 

 band of pale yellowish hairs is present , which touches neither 

 the suture nor the lateral margins. The apical half of the 

 3rd antennal joint, the entire 4th, 5th and 6th, as well 

 as an apical spot on the inner side of the 7th joint 



Notes from the Leyden JMuseum , "Vol. XIV. 



