140 MARTIN JACOBY 



transversely sulcate, elytra strongly and closely punctured fla- 

 vous, the base, a spot at the middle and the apex , violaceous- 

 blue. 



Length 3 x / 2 -4 lines. 



Head impunctate, flavous, frontal tubercles distinct, subqua- 

 drate , palpi robust , antennae extending slightly beyond the 

 middle of the elytra, rather robust, black, the basal and the 

 apical joint flavous, second and third joint very small, moniliform, 

 smooth, the other joints pubescent, elongate, thorax rather more 

 than twice as broad as long, equal in width, the sides nearly 

 straight, the surface transversely sulcate, distinctly but not very 

 closely punctured , scutellum elongate , flavous , elytra very 

 strongly irregularly and closely punctured, flavous, a narrow 

 transverse band at the base, a transversely-shaped spot at the 

 middle and the apex, violaceous-blue, underside and legs flavous. 



Hab. Si-Oban, Sipora. 



This species is easily recognized by the colour of the antennae 

 and the pattern of the elytra as well as by their strong and 

 irregular punctuation. 



21. Xenoda Modiglianii, sp. n. — Black, three apical joints of 

 the antennae white, head and thorax flavous, impunctate, elytra 

 dark bluish or purplish, finely pubescent and transversely rugose. 



Length 2 1 / 2 lines. 



<A Head flavous, impunctate, broad, the vertex with a central 

 longitudinal groove, clypeus triangularly thickened, palpi piceous, 

 robust, antennae black, pubescent, the apical three joints white, 

 the second extremely small, the third and fourth elongate, equal, 

 the intermediate joints gradually but moderately thickened, tho- 

 rax twice as broad as long, very short, the disc transversely 

 sulcate, the sides straight, the surface impunctate, scutellum 

 black, elytra of different metallic hues, purplish or bluish, trans- 

 versely wrinkled or rugose and finely pubescent, underside and 

 legs black or piceous. 



Hab. Sipora. 



Of nearly the same coloration than X. spinicomis, Baly but 

 at once distinguished from that species by the much less strongly 



