MYODITMS l''AS(!IATII'KNNIS. 169 



T^OTE XTV. 

 A NKW MYODTTES FROM LIBERIA 



(('OI.KOI'TKliA : IvllII'IIMIOKrDAK) 



i)KS(;i!iiti':i) i!Y 



C. RITSEMA. Cz. 



Mi/()(///('s f(iscl(////)(')niis^ tiov. spec. 



Lcn^'fli 5 mm. — ninck; ilic |)Iiim()S(^ iiutoiiiiiu; pah; 

 fiilvoiis, ilic ii|) of i\\(\ fl;il)('IIii(> slightly infiiHcato; tho 

 l(!g-H p!il(ï fulvoiiH, t\w (!xti'(^iii(! tip of tli(\ fcMiiorii find tibiao 

 and tho basal tliird of' tlu; poatorior fiMUora infuscatc!; tho 

 elytra dark pitchy brown, narrowly mai-g-inod witli palo 

 fulvous and providcid with nn ill-dofiiK-d fulvous l)and 

 (nari'owost in the; niiddh^) b(^yon(l the biiso; wind's hynlino, 

 witli M pjilc fidvous band b(^foro liio apex, (ho nci'vuhïH 

 piilo yi^llovvish, tb<! costii and tbos(^ in th(^ i'nivons band 

 darker. 



I Toad and (borax opa(|no, owiiif^" to the vory (b'liso punc- 

 tuation, and c()V(M'(^d with a sbort g'roy })ub(^HC(MU'o ; tlio vertex 

 coni(!ally (dcivatod, tho pronotuni with thro(^ small srnootli 

 spots forming- a triangle with its top directed towards tlui 

 front margin of tho thorax, th(! antcsrior spot imprt^sscid 

 and Koniewliat largei' than the basal ones; a- tra,(^e of a, 

 mesial lint; is present at t\w base of the pronotuni; th(! 

 scutoUum is glossy and impunctate, and provi(b!d with a 

 central fovc^i. Tiie elytra are subshining, strongly punc- 

 tured, the shoulders glossy and impunctate; their inner 

 margin is vtu-y faintly concaves, their outer margin strongly 

 and r(!gularly curved, tlu^ir tip obliquely rounded towards 



Notes from tho Leyden MuHeum, Vol. XXXV. 



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