172 PACHYTERIA SIMILIS. 



among these species it is most closely allied to hasalis 

 Waterh. from which it may, however, (judging from the 

 description) easily be distinguished by its darker colours 

 and the reversed distribution of the colours on the antennae: 

 in hasalis the basal joints are black , the apical ones yel- 

 low, in the new species, on the contrary, the basal joints 

 are ochreous , the apical ones black. 



Length from the frontmargin of the interantennary ridge 

 to the apex of the elytra 28^/2 mm., breadth at the shoulders 

 7V3 mm. — The head and prothorax dark reddish brown, 

 the cheeks and mandibles black ; the two basal joints of 

 the antennae dark reddish brown, the ?>^^ — 1^^ and base 

 of 8th joint ochreous, the subsequent portion of the an- 

 tennae black. — The scutellum black , with a black velvety 

 pubescence, — The basal half of the elytra of a paler 

 reddish brown colour than the head and thorax, and as 

 this colour is somewhat continued along the sutural and 

 lateral margins , the line of demarkation between the brown 

 basal and the dark green apical half of each elytron is 

 strongly curved having its open side turned towards the 

 apex. — Body underneath glossy black ; legs black with 

 the swollen portion of all the femora dark reddish brown. 



The head very closely punctured, the punctures on the 

 face finer than those on the vertex and behind the eyes; 

 a smooth line on the vertex between the upper lobes of 

 the eyes; the cheeks glossy, nearly impunctate; the labrum 

 sparsely and delicately punctured. The scape of the anten- 

 nae densely punctured, with a smooth, slightly raised line 

 along the foreside. 



The pronotum rugose in consequence of irregular trans- 

 verse wrinkles , the intervals between the wrinkles provided 

 with large punctures ; the anterior and posterior margin 

 strongly turned upward ; the sides rounded and provided 

 about the middle with a nipple-shaped tubercle. The scu- 

 tellum regularly triangular, with slightly convex sides. 



The elytra tapering towards the apex , the apex of each 

 elytron obliquely truncate and rounded both at the sutural 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuni, "Vol. X.II. 



