1880.] MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 601 



flavous, shining, a spot at each side at the hase and another between 

 the eyes black. Antennae robust, reaching to a short distance below 

 the base of the eljtra ; the third joint the longest, black ; the two 

 terminal joints fulvous. Thorax nearly square-shaped, slightly 

 broader than long, the sides distinctly angulate before the middle, 

 the anterior angles broadly produced ; surface impunctate, flavous, 

 shining, with five round black spots, of which three are placed trans- 

 versely near the anterior, the other two near the posterior margin. 

 Scutellum triangular, black, pubescent. Elytra much wider at the 

 base than the thorax, subdepressed ; extremely finely granulate and 

 punctate-stridte, subopaque, testaceous, each elytron with a round 

 spot at the base, another transverse-shaped one at the middle, and 

 a third, of the same shape but much narrower, near the apex, black ; 

 the sutural and lateral margins are of the same colour ; some re- 

 motely placed black hairs are visible near the apex of the elytra. 

 Underside and legs (with the exception of the tibiae and tarsi, which 

 are black) flavous, shining. 



This handsome species bears some superficial resemblance to R. 

 trifasciatus, Jacoby (Cistula Entomologica, 18/9, vol. ii. p. 520), 

 but is at once distinguished by the spots of the head and thorax, 

 and the black tibiae and tarsi, as well as the antennae. 



Mus. Jacoby. 



Genus Asph^ra, Chevrol. 



69. .\sph^ra tomentcsa, sp. nov. 



Oblong-ovate, convex. Black.marginof the thorax rufous ; elytra 

 finely granulate and punctate, opaque, sparingly pubescent, obscure 

 rufous variegated with black. 



Length 4g lines. 



Head deeply transversely grooved between the eyes, the base 

 finely granulate, and rather deeply punctate at each side. Antennae 

 nearly as long as half the body, black, pubescent ; the last four 

 joints closely covered with whitish hairs. Thorax with its sides 

 straight and narrowed from base to apex, all the angles acute but 

 not produced ; surface finely granulate, covered here and there with 

 yellow hairs, black, opaque, margined with rufous. Elytra convex, 

 slightly widened behind; surface very finely granulate and punctured, 

 covered (especially near the apex) sparingly with golden-yellow hairs ; 

 obscure rufous mixed with black, the former colour prevailing near 

 the apex. Underside and legs black, covered sparingly with yellow 

 pubescence ; first tarsal joint as long as the two following united, 

 posterior claw moderately swollen. 



This interesting species is, as far as I know, the only one belonging 

 to the genus Asphcera in which the upper parts are pubescent as 

 well as the underside. 



Mus. Jacoby. 



70. ASPH^RA BASALIS, Sp. UOV. 



Oblong. Black, abdomen fulvous ; thorax and elytra testaceous, 

 the latter with a subrotundate large basal black patch. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1880, No. XL. 40 



