APHRODISIUM. 209 



230. Aphrodisium robustum, Bates (Leontium), Cist. Ent. ii, p. 408 



(1879). 



Metallic green and somewhat nitid ; the antennae, two large 

 spots on the disc of the prothorax, and the legs dark blue ; body 

 beneath brassy-green, with a faint covering of silvery-grey pubes- 

 cence. Antennae about equal in length to the body in the <$ , a 

 little shorter in the $ ; first joint densely punctulate, acutely 

 angulate but not dentate at the apex ; third and fourth angulate, 

 and the fifth to tenth produced in a spine, at the apex, on the 

 anterior side. Prothorax constricted and transversely grooved 

 near the base and apex ; with an obtuse transverse tubercle on 

 each side between the strong median tubercle and the front 

 margin ; the disc densely rugulose-punctate and rather opaque on 

 each side of the middle, rugulose and nitid at the sides and along 

 the middle, somewhat raised so as to form a rather sharp ridge on 

 each side posteriorly. Elytra posteriorly gradually and slightly 

 narrowed, rounded at the apex, denselv, very finely rugulose- 

 punctate, rugulose and nitid for about half their length along the 

 suture, faintly pubescent and rather opaque along the inner half 

 of the disc. Hind femora of the J not reaching to the apex of 

 the elytra ; those of the $ scarcely extended past the fourth 

 segment of the abdomen. First joint of the hind tarsi about equal 

 in length to the third and fifth united. Sixth abdominal segment 

 of the c? rounded and entire at the apex. 



Length 26-29 ; breadth 6|-8| mm. 



Hob. Sikhini : Darjeeling, Mungphu ; IS'.W. India. 



231. Aphrodisium griffithi, Hope (Callichroma), Trans. Linn. Soc. 



xviii, p. 440, pi. 30, fig. 2 (1841). 



Pachyteria zonopteroid.es, Fleut. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. 66, 

 pi. 4, fig. 6. 



Head, disc of prothorax, antennae, legs and underside reddish 

 brown ; prothorax blackish brown near the front and hind margins 

 and along the lower part of each side, the whole surface dull ; 

 elytra violaceous black, closely covered with short dark brown 

 tomentum, which gives them a somewhat velvety appearance ; each 

 marked with two fulvous bands that cross a little obliquely, one 

 some distance before, the other at about an equal distance behind 

 the middle, the anterior band not quite reaching to the suture and 

 a little constricted in the middle, the other reaching to the suture 

 as well as to the outer margin, both bands rather densely pubes- 

 cent and dull. Head densely and finely punctulate, subnitid, 

 slightly black above between the eyes and also in the transverse 

 depression at the base of the front. Antennae of' the c? about 

 four-fifths of the length of the body ; first joint densely punctulate, 

 strongly dentate in front- at the apex. Prothorax densely rugulose- 

 punctate and faintly pubescent ; the disc somewhat raised, with 



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