﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  Adoretu.s. 
  507 
  

  

  NdiX.Jlavescens. 
  

  

  Elytris 
  flavescentlbus, 
  vitta 
  suturali 
  obscura, 
  clypeo, 
  pronotiquo 
  

   medio 
  et 
  lateribus 
  etiaui 
  pleruiULjue 
  pallidis. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Minhla 
  (Gomotto, 
  18S3). 
  

  

  Dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  ot" 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  tlie 
  sternum, 
  

   femora 
  and 
  tibite, 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  jellovvish. 
  Tlie 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  niinuteiy 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  and 
  the 
  

   sides 
  generally 
  vaguely 
  paler. 
  It 
  is 
  moderately 
  thickly 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  decumbent 
  setae, 
  which 
  are 
  ratlier 
  unevenly 
  

   disposed 
  upon 
  the 
  elytra, 
  leaving 
  very 
  minute 
  bare 
  intervals, 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  very 
  tew 
  longer 
  erect 
  seta! 
  near 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  

   body 
  is 
  moderately 
  elongate 
  and 
  parallel-sided, 
  and 
  rather 
  

   depressed, 
  witli 
  the 
  head 
  broad, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  semicircular 
  and 
  

   finely 
  granulated, 
  and 
  the 
  forehead 
  coarsely 
  punctate-rugose. 
  

   The 
  pronotum 
  is 
  short, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  

   the 
  sides 
  rounded, 
  the 
  front 
  angles 
  nearly 
  right 
  angles 
  and 
  

   the 
  hind 
  angles 
  very 
  obtuse. 
  The 
  scutellum 
  is 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  the 
  elytra 
  densely 
  and 
  confiuently, 
  and 
  the 
  costse 
  

   rather 
  indistinct. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  finely 
  coriaceous 
  and 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  rather 
  long 
  erect 
  hair. 
  The 
  antenna 
  are 
  10- 
  

   jointed, 
  joints 
  3 
  to 
  7 
  regularly 
  decreasing 
  in 
  size. 
  Tlie 
  legs 
  

   are 
  rather 
  slender, 
  but 
  t!ie 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  a 
  little 
  shortened 
  and 
  

   tiiickened. 
  The 
  front 
  tibiai 
  bear 
  three 
  sharp 
  teeth, 
  the 
  upper- 
  

   most 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  middle, 
  minute 
  and 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  

   sharp 
  notch 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  one. 
  The 
  longer 
  claw 
  of 
  

   the 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  feet 
  is 
  cleft, 
  and 
  the 
  shorter 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  foot 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  The 
  front 
  tibia 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   female 
  and 
  the 
  teeth 
  shorter 
  and 
  sharper, 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  larger, 
  

   the 
  abdomen 
  ratlier 
  long 
  and 
  distinctly 
  arched, 
  and 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  very 
  prominent 
  and 
  convex. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  shorter 
  and 
  less 
  parallel-sided, 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  

   smaller, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  very 
  convex, 
  and 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  almost 
  concealed. 
  

  

  Y 
  Sir. 
  Jiavescens. 
  — 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  yellow, 
  except 
  a 
  vaguely 
  

   defined 
  dark 
  sutural 
  stripe 
  of 
  varying 
  size, 
  and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   and 
  the 
  middle, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  sides, 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  are 
  

   generally 
  pale 
  also. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  series 
  taken 
  by 
  Coinotto 
  at 
  Minhla, 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  

   rather 
  smaller 
  size 
  than 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  

  

  