28 HELOTA MAHGARETHAE. 



the anterior lateral angles of the prouotum included ; the 

 antennae rufous at the base, infuscate towards the end ; 

 the elytra provided with four flavous spots situated between 

 the same striae viz. between the B^d and 6tli. — Under- 

 neath the head, the prosteruum and the elytral folds are 

 dark bronze; the meso- and raetasteruura, the abdomen, 

 the femora with the exception of the tip and the apical 

 half of the tibiae with the exception of the tip reddish 

 testaceous ; the tip of the femora, the basal half of the 

 tibiae and their tips with the tarsi dark pitchy, the claws 

 reddish testaceous. 



The head is rather remotely covered with large deep 

 punctures on the raised middle portion ; towards the eyes 

 the punctures are smaller and closer together and towards 

 the front margin they are still smaller and closer set. 



The prothorax is broader at the base than long and 

 narrows in slightly curved lines towards the front margin ; 

 the lateral margins are distinctly crenulate, the front margin 

 is curved backwards, the anterior angles are rounded and 

 slightly prominent; the base is deeply bisinuate, the middle 

 lobe broadly rounded, the lateral angles are acute; the 

 upper surface covered with deep punctures which become 

 larger and very closely set towards the lateral margins ; in 

 front of the scutellum a longitudinal impunctate streak is 

 present which is accompanied on each side of its base by 

 a strongly punctate impression ; outside from these impres- 

 sions a sparsely punctate slightly raised patch may be 

 observed. The scutellum is strongly transverse, glossy and 

 impunctate. 



The elytra are parallel, almost conjointly rounded at 

 the end and with an almost inconspicuous tooth at the 

 suture ; each of them provided with ten regular striae of 

 punctures which become larger towards the lateral margins 

 which latter are narrowly flattened ; the interstices are 

 extremely finely punctate and become costate towards the 

 apex especially the d^'^ and 9^^ which extend to the apical 

 margin. 



r»fotes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXII. 



