Mr. C. O. Watcrhouse on A|)Ogoiiia ferriiginea. 513 



Ll\. — Descrt/>tion of Apogonia ferniginca, FuJtr.^ ,fi'<^ni f^i<^ 

 Tyjtc in the Banksian Collection of Coleoptera. \\y ClIAULES 

 (). Watkhhouse. 



Some time .since I had occasion to examine the tvpe of Melo- 

 loutha ferriigineay F. (8j)ec. Ins. i. p. 41), now phiceJ in the 

 genns Apoijonia ; and as the species of this genus arc diflicult 

 to determine, I think tiie tollowing description, drawn np at 

 the time, I'l;'}' he usefuh 



Apogo nia fer r ugin ea, F a br . 



Ferrugiiiea, nitida : capitc sat parce puiictato, clypeo brevi, anguste 

 reflexo-marginato, confertim f'ortiter puiictato, antice recte trun- 

 cato ; thoraco laxe sat fortiter punctate ; scutcllo lacvi ; elytris 

 fortiter punctatis, bicostatis, costis angustis vix elevatis ; pygidio 

 sat fortiter sat crebre punctatis. 



Long. 9 milHm. 



Hdh. Coroniandel {Coll. Banks in Brit. Mus.). 



This species is of a ferruginous colour, but in some lights 

 has a very faint aeneous tint on the forehead and thorax. 

 The clypeus is coarsely and very closely punctured, straight 

 in front, with the angles of the truncature obtusely rounded. 

 The forehead has the ]mnctures moderately strong, generally 

 separated from each other by about two diameters of a punc- 

 ture. The thorax is obliquely narrowed in front and sliglitly 

 so at the base, broadest beliind the middle, the sides rounded 

 posteriorly ; the punctures are moderately strong and are 

 generally separated from each other by about one and a half 

 or two diameters of a puncture. The elytra have the punc- 

 tures much stronger, and the punctures are generally separated 

 by about one and one sixth times the diameter of the punc- 

 tures ; the lines of punctures on each side of the narrow costaj 

 are similar to the other punctures and are scarcely nearer 

 together, so that the costs are not very conspicuous; towards 

 the side there is a slight indication of a third costa ; the first 

 costa is nearly uniform througiiout, the second is a little 

 dilated at the base and narrowed at the apex. The pygidlum 

 is small and has the punctures similar to those on the thorax, 

 but a little closer together. 



