schaeffer: donaciini of the new WORI.D. 145 
DoNACiA FULViPES Lacordaire. 
Plate V, fig. 19. 
Moderately elongate; color bronze, cupreous, metallic green or 
blue, below metallic, the last ventral segment at apex more or less 
reddish; antennae entirely rufous or some of the outer five or six joints 
or all of that color, the preceding joints black with slight metallic tint 
and scarcely annulate; legs entirely reddish or more frequently femora 
with an apical metallic spot of variable size. 
Head distinctly narrowed, truncate and constricted behind the 
eyes, which are prominent; median line fine and deeply impressed; 
surface punctate-rugose; antennae reaching to about the middle of 
elytra in the male, a little shorter in the female, second and third joints 
small, equal or sub-equal, the third shorter than the first joint, the outer 
joints narrow and elongate, and not distinctly stouter than the preceding 
joints. 
Prothorax shining, about as wide at apex as long; anterior angles 
distinct, more or less prominent, posterior angles moderately prominent; 
lateral tubercle generally distinctly separated from the disk by a wide, 
arcuate, shallow impression, laterally feebly prominent; sides not 
strongly converging and feebly arcuate behind; median impressed line 
generally absent, occasionally in some specimens a finely impressed line 
or very rarely a moderately wide line; basal impression generally faint; 
surface densely punctate-rugose. 
Elytra shining, with a more or less distinct ante-median impression; 
post-median impression feeble or absent; strial punctures moderate, 
finer towards apex; coarse, transverse rugae generally feeble or absent; 
intervals usually densely and finely punctate; lateral margin from a 
postero-lateral view acute in about basal half, thence gradually trans- 
versely arcuate to apex. 
Body below densely and finely punctate and rather sparsely pu- 
bescent with white or cinereous, short hairs; side pieces of prosternum 
densely rugose or finely strigate-rugose, which is generally more distinct 
at basal than at apical half; posterior femora extending to the apex of 
the third ventral segment, moderately strongly clavate, at base not or 
slightly narrower than at apex and armed below with a moderately long 
and generally acute tooth in both sexes. Length: 5.25-6.5 mm. 
Male: First ventral segment feebly or moderately excavated along 
middle; last ventral segment depressed at middle of apex; last dorsal 
segment distinctly emarginate at apex. 
