j\rin{ODisiu:\i. 207 



also resembles in size and in many points ol:' structure, but differs 

 as follows : — Head distinctly ])unctate and sometimes slightly 

 rugulose in front. First joint of antenna) somewhat acutely 

 angulato, but not dentate, at the apex. Prothorax without an 

 anterior tubercle on each side ; the disc raised, and slightly 

 flattened iji the middle but not to the same extent as in jL cantori, 

 closely punctured especially to\^ards the sides ; the part adjoining 

 the posterior groove obtusely rounded otf, not raised so as to form 

 a sharp tubercle or ridge on each side, and the anterior part more 

 feebly tuberculate than in A. cantori. Elytra narrowed each to a 

 rather sharp point at the apex ; the surface finely rugulose or 

 coriaceous, the sculpture somewhat coarser near the base and 

 gradually finer towards the apex. 



Lcnrith 40-50 : breadth 9|-12 mm. 



Hub. Darjeeling. 



From A. cribricolh, van de Poll, with which this species agrees 

 closely in structure, it is readily distinguished by the dark blue 

 or green colour of the femora. 



227. Aphrodisiuni cribricolle, van de Poll, Notes Lcyd. Mas. xii. 

 p. 107 (1890). 



Metallic green or blue, glabrous i\ud glossy above, covered 

 beneath with a rather faint silverv gre}" pubescence ; femora 

 purplish red, the hind pair tipped with green or blue at the apex ; 

 tarsi fulvous yellow. Head punctate and somewhat rugulose in 

 front. Antennae extended a little past the apex of the elytra in 

 the (S , and not far beyond the middle of the elytra in the $ ; 

 first four or five joints blue or green and subnitid, the rest dull 

 black ; the first joint acutely angulate, or sub- dentate, in front at 

 the apex. Prothornx ^ith a deep anterior and less strongly- 

 marked posterior groove ; the disc some\^'hat raised between the 

 grooves, slightly convex, with a gradual slope to the anterior and 

 a short abrupt slope to the posterior groove, strongly and closely 

 punctured especially towards the sides, with the interstices 

 generally slightly raised ; a faint median groove on the anterior 

 part. Elytra nearly three times as long as their width across the 

 base, with coriaceous surface sculpture somewhat coarser near the 

 base and gradually finer posteriorly ; each narrowed to a point at 

 the apex. Metasternum A^ith some sparsely scattered setigerous 

 punctures. Abdomen frequently testaceous on the anterior part of 

 each of the three intermediate segments ; fifth segment in the male 

 with a feeble sinuate emargination at the apex, the sixth with a 

 narrower and deeper emargination. Femora rather densely punc- 

 tate, the hind pair most so. Intercoxal process of the prosternum 

 rather nai-row in the middle, and gradually dilated posteriorly 

 without, however, reaching to the epimera. 



Lenr/th 3-'J-47 ; breadth 8-12 mm. 



Hab. Sikhim. 



