992 MARTIN JACOBY 



length of the body, the lower three joints fulvous, the rest fus- 

 cous, all the joints rather robust, the second joint short, the 

 third nearly double as long, the fourth slightly longer than the 

 preceding joints, the rest rather elongate, equal; thorax scarcely 

 one half broader than long, very strongly narrowed at the base, 

 the sides strongly rounded before the middle, the anterior angles 

 rather strongly produced outwards, the surface convex, impunc- 

 tate, fulvous ; elytra narrowly parallel, the basal portion raised, 

 the surface extremely finely punctured in irregular rovs^s , the 

 punctuation almost entirely absent at the apex, the colour ob- 

 soletely fuscous with a violaceous tint, elytral epipleurae very 

 broad, extending to the apex ; all the femora rather robust, 



Teinzò. 



A single male and female specimen taken « in copula » are 

 contained in this collection, the female insect is larger, entirely 

 pale fulvous in colour and the elytral punctuation is much 

 stronger than in the male. 



168. IVeolepta ruficollis, n. sp. 



Fulvous, the antennae, tibiae and tarsi, black, the head and 

 thorax rufous , the latter finely punctured , elytra very closely 

 punctured, yellowish-v/hite, narrowly margined with black. 



Length 1-1 Yg ^inis. 



Head impunctate , deeply transversely grooved between the 

 eyes, frontal elevations very distinct, nearly contiguous, lower 

 part of face yellowish , antennae black , the second and third 

 joints very small, the following joints rather compressed, nearly 

 equal ; thorax about one half broader than long , slightly nar- 

 rowed in front, the lateral and posterior margin rounded , the 

 surface with a very feeble transverse depression at the sides , 

 finely and closely punctured, rufous ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra 

 rather convex, very closely and more strongly punctured than 

 the thorax , yellowish- white , all the margins very narrowly 

 black, underside fulvous, the femora pale flavous, the tibiae and 

 tarsi black, the first joint of the posterior tarsi half the length 



