BTJPEESTID GENUS ASTEAEU8. 103 



parva. Jìava ornata; suhtus cum iK'dihus viridi-aenens; apices 

 tibiarum et articuU duo priores tarsorum testacei. Caput dense 

 punctatum, in medio longitudinaliter leviter impressum. Prothorax 

 sat brevis, coiivexus , later ibus rotundato-angustatis apice m versus; 

 fortiter puuctatus, creberrime i?i laterilms. Elitra costata, inter- 

 siitiis planis, subtiliter punctatis et plicatis; apicibus valde diver- 

 gentibus , spinis suturalibus marginalibusqne longis, acvtis. Vars 

 infera confertim punctata; caput, prothorax et pars infera puljes- 

 centia minutissiìna sericea obtecta. 



Long. 7 mm. , lat. 2-^ mm. 



Habitat : Peak Downs. 



Shining, head bronzy-green in front, purple-brown on the 

 vertex, prothorax bronzy-green with the sides purple-brown, elytra 

 cyaneous-black , each with a large yellow spot at the base , a 

 broad fascia befoi'e the middle, originating below the shoulder 

 and not quite reaching the suture, an other broad fascia below 

 the middle, also touching the outer margin only, and a puncti- 

 form spot close to the apex; underneath metallic green with 

 violaceous reflections, legs green with the tip of the tibiae and 

 the two first tarsal joints testaceous. 



Head strongly punctured, slightly longitudinally excavated in the 

 middle; hairy. Prothorax convex, sides rounded and moderately 

 narrowed towards the top , with a narrow margin along the front 

 and the sides; coarsely punctured, rugose at the sides; hairy. 

 Elytra gradually narrowed towards the top, apices rather strongly 

 divergent, suturai and marginal spines long and acute, the humeral 

 fold large and very acutely produced; costate, interstices plain, 

 slightly transversely plicated, with a row of shallow punctures on 

 each. Undersurface densely punctured , clothed with a very minute 

 'silvery pile. 



This species is very nearly allied to Ä. pygmaeus v. d. Poll var. 

 sulfasciatm mihi, but besides by the presence of the additional 

 small spot before the apex and the apical biscia, replacing the 

 apical spot, which does never touche the margin in the latter, it 

 differs essentially by the following structural characters, viz. the 



