58 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



(84) 2. * Notaphus intermedius. Intermediate Notaphus. 



N.( intermedins J niger, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque viridi-aneis ; elytris luridis reneo-nilidis ; maculis duabus, fasciaque inter- 

 media, nigris ; antennis scapo, palpis, pedibusque, rvfis. 



Intermediate Notaphus, black, glossy ; head and prothorax green-bronzed ; elytra lurid glossed with bronze, with two black 

 spots, and a black intermediate band ; scape of the antennoe, palpi, and legs, rufous. 



Length of the body 1- lines. 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Very nearly related to N. nigripes, but the head and prothorax are greener ; antenna? as long as 

 the prothorax; the palpi are rufous with the penultimate joint rather dusky:' elytra bronzed-lurid 

 with a round black spot near the base, a larger near the apex, and an angular band of the same 

 colour between them : the legs are dull rufous. The sculpture of the elytra is nearly the same as 

 in that species, but the fifth furrow by a turn outward almost intercepts the sixth and seventh, and 

 then runs to the apex of the elytrum ; the furrows themselves are black. 



(85) 3. * Notaphus variegatus. Variegated Notaphus. 



N. (variegatus J niger, nitidus ; supra nigro-ceneus ; antennis scapo, pedibusque rufo-piceis ; elytris luridis nigro variegatis, 

 striatis : striis abbreviatis ; trifoveolatis. 



Variegated Notaphus, black, glossy ; above black-bronzed ; scape of the antennae and legs rufo-piceous ; elytra lurid, varie- 

 gated with black ; furrowed, furrows abbreviated, trifoveolate. 



Length of the body If lines. 

 DESCRIPTION. 



This also is related to N. nigripes, but is quite distinct. The head and prothorax are without 

 any green tint ; the antenna are not longer than the prothorax, the prothorax is proportionally not 

 so wide before and narrower behind : elytra scarcely at all bronzed ; lurid with a large blackish cloud 

 or spot near the base, another near the apex, and an intermediate black angular band ; the furrows 

 of the elytra, especially the external ones, do not reach the apex, or at least are obliterated ; they 

 are punctured the whole of their apparent length ; instead of two, there are three punctiform 

 impressions : the legs are rufo-piceous. 



