APIIRODISIUM. 



209 



230. Aphrodisiuni robustuin, Bates (Leoutium), Cist. Ent. ii, p. 408 

 (1679). 



Metallic green and somewhat nitid ; the antennte, two large 

 spots on the disc of the ])rothorax, and the legs dark blue ; body 

 beneath brassy-green, with a faint covering of silvery-grey pubes- 

 cence. Antennae about equal in length to the body in the S , a 

 little shorter in the $ ; first joint deusely punctulate, acutely 

 angulate but not dentate at the apex ; third and fourth angulate, 

 and the fifth to tenth produced in a spine, at the apex, on the 

 anterior side, Prothorax constricted and transversely grooved 

 near the base and apex ; with an obtuse transverse tubercle on 

 each side between the strong median tubercle and the front 

 margin ; the disc densely rugulose-punctate and rather opaque on 

 each side of the middle, 'rugulose and nitid at tlie sides aud along 

 the middle, somewhat raised so as to form a rather sharp ridge on 

 each side posteriorly. Elytra posteriorly gradually and slightly 

 narrowed, rounded *at the apex, densely, very finely rugulose- 

 punctate, rugulose and nitid for about half their length along the 

 suture, faintly pubescent and rather opaque along the inner half 

 of the disc. Hind femora of the S not reaching to the apex of 

 the elytra; those of the $ scarcely extended past the fourth 

 segment of the abdomen. First joint of the hind tarsi about equal 

 in length to the third aud fifth united. Sixth abdominal segment 

 of the 6 rounded and entire at the apex. 



Lemjth 26-29 ; hreadth ^-^ mm. 



Hah. Sikhim : Darjeehng, Mungphu ; X.W. India. 



'>'d\. Aphrodisiuni griffithi, Hope (Callicliroma), Trans. Linn. Soc. 



xviii, p. 440, pi. 30, tig, 2 (1841). ^ -, .o- pc- 



Pacbyteria zonopteroides, Fleut. Ann. Soc. Ent. ±r. ite«/, p. Ob, 



pi. 4, fig. 0. 

 Head, disc of prothorax, antennae, legs and underside reddish 

 brown ; prothorax blackish brown near the front and hind margnas 

 and along the lower part of each side, the whole surface dull ; 

 elytra violaceous black, closely covered with short dark brown 

 tomentum, which gives them a somewhat velvety appearance ; each 

 marked with two fulvous bands that cross a little obliquely, one 

 some distance before, the other at about an equal distance behind 

 the middle, the anterior band not quite reachnig to the suture and 

 a little constricted in the middle, the other reaching to the suture 

 as well as to the outer margin, both bands rather densely pubes- 

 cent and dull. Head densely and finely punctulate, subnitid, 

 slio-htly black above between the eyes and also in the transverse 

 depression at the base of the front. Antenna? of the 6 about 

 four-fifths of the length of the body; first joint densely punctulate, 

 strongly dentate in front at the apex. Prothorax densely rugulose- 

 punct"ate and faintly pubescent ; the disc somewhat raised, with 



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