APHRODTSIUM PLANICOLLE. 155 



NOTE XXIII. 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE LONGICORN GENUS 

 APHRODISIÜM, THOMSON. 



DESCRIBED BY 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



Aphrodisium plant colle v. d. Poll. 



^. Aureo-viride 1 nitidum , antennarnm articuUs hasalibus 

 quinque , parte inferiore cum pedihus suhcoerulescentihus , tarsis 

 fulvis. Caput in fronte suhrugosum. Protliorax antice et pos~ 

 tice fortiter constrictus et depressus , in disco injlatus sed sat 

 planus hand nodosus, lateraliter fortiter spinosus ; evidenter 

 punctatus, latera versus rugosus , in medio indicatione lineae 

 longitudinalis. Scutellum triangulare , punctis perpaucis in- 

 structum. Elytra ad apicem separatim producta; dense sub- 

 tiliterque rugulosa , apicem versus obsoletius. Prosternum an- 

 tice transverse plicatum ; metasternum sparsim punctis pili- 

 feris instructum , lateraliter, sic ut quoque segmenta qua- 

 tuor priora abdominis , pubescentia sericea obtectum ; segmentum 

 ultim,um ventris glabrum , nitidum. Femora et tibiae fortiter 

 punctata (principue femora posteriora quae fere scabrosa) , 

 nigro-pilosa. — Long. 50 mm., lat. 12 mm. 



Habitat: Darjeeling. 



Bright golden green above with the reflexed margin at 

 the shoulders of the elytra bluish. Antennae with the 

 first five joints bluish-green , clearer at the tip , the re- 

 mainder dull black. Undersurface and legs more or less 



Notes from the Leydeii Museum, Vol. X!II. 



