296 IMr. Wateuhouse's Descriptions of Coleo})tera. 



Leticographifs aJhovariiis, n. sp. 



Ater, opacus, velutinus ; thorace lato, lateraliter augulato, 

 albo-variegato ; scutello lato, medio albo-lineato ; elytris latitTi- 

 dine ^ longioribus, basi fere truncatis, apicem versus angustatis, 

 depressis, circa scutellum convexioribiis, guttis numerosis stri- 

 gaque obliqiia albidis. Long. 10 lin. 



Head very broad, with a white stripe between the antenna\ 

 Antennas Avith the first joint and the base of the other joints 

 grey. Thorax broad, strongly but obtusely angular at the 

 sides, with numerous whitish spots Avhich are more close towards 

 the sides, and nearly form a cross on the disc. Elytra broader 

 at the base than the broadest part of the thorax, narrowed 

 towards the apex, with the sides straight, the apex obtuse, the 

 shoulders are slightly sloping, obtuse ; there are numerous small 

 white spots scattered about the base, a line of spots on each side 

 of the suture, an oblique stripe a little before the middle, and 

 six spots which on the two elytra are arranged in the form of 

 a wide VV beliind the middle. Tibia^ S^^J^ except at the 

 extreme apex. 



There is a striking similarity of coloration between this aud 

 Tophoderes frenatus its compatriot in the Atitkribidce. 



