156 APHRODISIUM PLANICOLLE. 



bluish-green , the tibiae violaceous towards the end and 

 •the tarsi fulvous with the claw-joint infuscate at the tip. 



Head slightly rugose in front, with a deep impression 

 on each side of the interantennary ridge , rather strongly 

 punctulate behind the upper lobes of the eyes. The scape of 

 the antennae covered with small punctures intermixed 

 with a few larger ones , its upper outer edge only acutely 

 produced, not spined ; the 3rd — 5th joints finely punc- 

 tured and clothed with a short black pile , moreover provided 

 along the underside with a sparse fringe of soft black hairs. 



Prothorax strongly constricted and depressed anteriorly 

 and posteriorly , the median portion inflated but rather 

 plain on the disc , without nodosities , the sides produced 

 in a strong blunt tooth , the anterior margin but very 

 slightly produced in the middle ; distinctly punctured , 

 near the sides , the interstices between the punctures are 

 raised giving a rugose appearance to these parts, along 

 the middle with faint traces of a median line. 



Scutellum narrow, somewhat concave, with a few small 

 punctures. 



Elytra elongate, considerably overreaching the hinder 

 thighs, separately pointed at the apex, entirely finely ru- 

 gose (the reflexed shoulder portion excepted), the sculp- 

 ture strongest on the basal fourth and becoming gradually 

 more obsolete towards the tip; besides a somewhat more 

 distinct humeral stria there are also traces of two costi- 

 form lines on each. 



Underneath with the throat and the upper part of the 

 prosternum transversely plicated , the metasternum sparsely 

 covered with strigiform and piliferous punctures , the sides 

 of the breast and of the four basal abdominal segments 

 clothed with a fine sericeous pile , the last ventral seg- 

 ment glabrous and shining. Thighs and shins thickly 

 punctured , chiefly the thighs of the hinder legs which 

 are very coarsely punctured and somewhat scabrous; frin- 

 ged with black hairs , the innerside of the anterior tibiae 

 clothed with a thick short fulvous pile. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , "Vol. XII. 



