1894.] COLEOPTERA OF THE GENUS ASPHJEKA. 631 



The coloration of this species resembles many species of (Edio- 

 nychis and also some of the present genus, especially A. 4-maculata, 

 Clark, and A. oblecta, Baly, but the shape of the thorax and other 

 details must be taken into account to separate it ; the thorax in 

 A. clarhi is proportionately narrow and the flattened portions of the 

 sides are not well separated from the rest of the surface ; the head 

 is rather darker in colour and narrowed between the eyes ; the first 

 band of the elytra is slightly widened at the suture and extends to 

 about one third of their length, the posterior band is quite straight 

 and of the same width as the basal one. The long metatarsus 

 of the posterior legs and the but moderately swollen claw will 

 separate the species from any true (Edionychis. 



ASPHiERA PLUMBEA, n. Sp. 



Flavous, the head fulvous, the antenna? black ; thorax impunctate, 

 narrowly mai-gined ; elytra scarcely perceptibly punctured, metallic 

 bluish black. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head fulvous at the vertex, the latter with a few fine punctures 

 near the eyes, frontal tubercles broadly oblique, clypeus flavous ; 

 antennas rather long, black, the basal joint flavous below, the 

 second joint very short, the third and fourth joints equal ; thorax 

 about twice as broad as long, the sides moderately rounded, very 

 narrowly margined, anterior margin deeply concave, anterior angles 

 thickened, not produced, the surface impunctate, flavous; scutellum 

 black ; elytra almost impunctate, of a leaden-blue colour, very 

 shining ; underside and femora flavous, the tibiae and tarsi black, 

 the claw-joint but moderately swollen. 



Hah. Venezuela. 



Closely allied to A. ccantfiocepliala, Har., but larger, without the 

 black markings of the head and breast, and of a darker bluish 

 colour. 



EXPLANATION OP PLATE XXXVIII. 



Fig. 1. (Edionychis partialis, p. 627. 



2. sexsignatus, p. 628. 



3. nigroscutata, p. 610. 



4. princeps, p. 622. 



5. fasciaticollis, p. 624. 



6. fuscoannulata, p. 625. 



7. quadripustulata, p. 612. 



8. brunneofasciata, p. 624. 



9. apicata, p. 623. 



10. vagintinotata, p. 627. 



11. siamensis, p. 629. 



12. africana, p. 628. 



