DESCEIPTION OF A SECOND SPECIES 



THE mCAKOID fiEHllS AEGOGNATHIS lEUTMER 



J. R. H. NEEEVOORT VAN DE POLL. 



Aegognathus Leuthneri v. d. Poll. 



(?. Niger ^ tJiorace in medio, in lateribus et in margine anteriore 

 rubro notato, eh/tris sat late rubromarginatis. Caput opacum, impuncta- 

 tum, margine frontali f ortiter emarginatum. Mandibulae validae , apice 

 ohtuso , in medio dente valido, acuminato, ad hasin dentihus ternis 

 parvis, perpendicular iter positis. Trothorax opacus , impunctatus, lateri- 

 bus in medio emarginatis, angulos posticus versus oblique angustatis; 

 angulis anticis prominentibus , angulis posticis subacutis ; margine basali 

 undato; in medio longitudinaliter sat late impressus. Elytra f ortiter 

 reticulato-puìictata , angulis humeralibus acuminatis ; subnitida, pubes- 

 centia ftdva obsoletissime induta. Subtus nitidus, g laber, sparsim 

 punctatus. Tibiae anticae externe dentïbus octonis , gradatim crescenti- 

 bus, armatae. 



5 Latet. 



Habitat Columbia. — In mus. nostro. 



Black ; the thorax with a broad longitudinal band in the middle , 

 a broad irregular shaped band on each side and a narrow band 

 along the front margin red; the elytra with a broad red margin, 

 also somewhat reddish along the suture. The not sharply limited 

 red markings on the thorax let suppose much vai'iability. 



The head is deeply emarginated in front, straight at the sides, 



