124 HELOTA RENATI. 



between the 4 th and 6 th , the posterior pair between the 

 3 rd and 6 th striae. — Underneath reddish testaceous, with 

 the exception of the head (without the throat) and the 

 elytral epipleurae which are brassy; the legs are reddish 

 testaceous, with the apex of the femora and the entire 

 tibiae metallic green ; the tarsi are pitchy black. 



The head is broad, not strongly produced in front of 

 the eyes, rather remotely punctured on the slightly raised 

 middle portion, more densely nearer to the eyes, very 

 finely on the narrowed front portion. 



Prothorax transverse, slightly narrowing in faintly curved 

 lines towards the front margin which is curved backwards 

 making the lateral angles distinctly prominent ; the lateral 

 margins finely serrulate anteriorly; the base bisinuate, the 

 lateral angles acute, the median lobe rounded and with a 

 punctiform impression. The basal half of the pronotum 

 with an impunctate streak in front of the scutellum ; the 

 punctures on the pronotum become gradually larger and 

 more densely set towards the sides. The scutellum is strongly 

 transverse and impunctate. 



The elytra are subparallel, the lateral margins slightly 

 and regularly curved, the apices conjointly rounded. Each 

 elytron has ten striae of punctures; the punctures of the 

 7 th and following striae are large and deep, very close 

 together and often confluent; moreover the interstices out- 

 wards from the 5 tlx stria are provided with a more or less 

 irregular row of large punctures, which gives this portion 

 of the elytra a dull appearence ; the 1 st to 5 th interstices 

 bear an exceedingly fine punctuation; the interstices become 

 costate on the apical portion of the elytra. 



The brassy coloured part of the undersurface of the head 

 is rather remotely covered with large punctures ; the punc- 

 tures on the lateral portions of the prosternum are small, those 

 on the sides of the middle portion large ; the elytral epipleurae 

 are distinctly punctured; the abdomen is impunctate, the 

 apical segment, which is truncate at the tip, shows how- 

 ever a few large punctures on both sides of the truncation. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXV. 



