belonging to the genus Apocyrtus. 



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the sides of the elytra is a longitudinal mark which is sometimes in- 

 terrupted, and in other cases joins the two fascia? just mentioned : be- 

 sides these markings there is another line on each elytron which runs 

 parallel with and near the suture ; this is joined at the apex of the 

 elytra by the marginal band. The punctures of the wing-cases, which 

 are not strongly marked, are arranged in striae, but these are not 

 always very regular. I have before me a specimen agreeing with the 

 above description, but which differs in being smaller and narrower, 

 and in wanting the hump on the rostrum. I presume the specimen 

 described is a female and the humpless one is the male. Other speci- 

 mens agree with the last, excepting in having two spots on the up- 

 per part of the thorax instead of the fascia : they have a broad sub- 

 apical fascia on the elytra and a spot at the apex, but no longitudinal 

 mark near the suture. 



Apocyrtus subfasciatus. 

 Ap. ater, nitidus; capite nota inter oculos ; thorace globoso antice postice- 

 qne triincato, supra crebre tuberculato, tuberculis nitidis et parum ele- 

 vatis, nfiarginibus anticis et lateralibus sic et macnlis tribns, viridibus ; 

 elytris latitudine cum thorace fere coaequalibus, subseriatim punctatis, 

 fasciis tribus plevumque interrupts, lateralibus, maculisque apicalibus 

 anreo-viridibus. Long. corp. 5^ lin. — 4 lin. ; lat. 2-» — l-f- lin. 



In size and form, as well as in the markings, this species so closely 

 resembles the Ap. gibbirostris, that I feel considerable hesitation in 

 giving it a name, though it differs considerably in the sculpture of 

 the thorax. In the gibbirostris the thorax is punctured, whilst the 

 subfasciatus has the upper surface of the thorax covered with glossy 

 and but little elevated tubercles. 



The head is punctured between the eyes, where there is moreover 

 a longitudinally impressed line which is continued on to the rostrum 

 and terminates nearly in a line with the base of the antennae ; the 

 upper surface of the rostrum is thickly punctured ; a patch of golden 

 green scales is situated partly on the head and partly on the ros- 

 trum. The thorax is nearly equal in width to the elytra, has the an- 

 terior and lateral margins adorned with green scales, besides which 

 there are three spots on the upper surface, an oblong spot in the 

 middle extending to the hinder margin, and one on each side about 

 midway between the anterior and posterior margins. The elytra are 

 rather short, nearly as broad at the base as in the middle ; they are 

 distinctly punctured, and the punctures have a tendency to form lon- 

 gitudinal lines : at the base of each elytron is a transverse band, which 

 is often interrupted and broken into spots ; in the middle of the ely- 

 tra is a transverse series of spots, arranged one on each side near the 

 suture, and a second near the lateral margin which is larger ; near 

 the apex of each elytron is a transverse mark which joins a longitu- 

 dinal line situated near the suture and a band on the outer margin 

 of the elytra, and thus encloses a triangular area ; these marks how- 

 ever are sometimes broken up into spots, and the band on the outer 

 margin of the elytra is often interrupted in parts. 



This appears to be a very common species in the Philippine 

 Islands, 



