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Show 566 MR. M. JACOBY ON NEW [NoV. 1, Allied to L. cenea, Lac, but of different coloration, and distinguished by the very short antennae and the sculpture of the elytra. CRYPTOCEPHALUS SCUTELLATUS, n. sp. Robust, broad, black, above fulvous, head finely strigose, thorax impunctate, scutellum black; elytra strongly and regularly punctate-striate, a spot on the shoulder and the extreme basal and sutural margins black. Length 2|-3| lines. Head finely strigose-punctate, fulvous ; the eyes large, but slightly indented ; the antennae two-thirds the length of the body, black, the lower four joints fulvous, the third and fourth joints equal; thorax proportionately long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, the sides nearly straight, strongly deflexed, the surface entirely impunctate, the posterior margin finely dentate, narrowly black, the median lobe toothed, bisinuate; scutellum one half longer than broad, black, shining, its apex broadly rounded; elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, fulvous, with deep and regular rows of punctures, of which the five inner ones do not extend to the base, the first and second rows are very short and joined at the apex, the sixth and seventh rows are also abbreviated at some distance before the apex; a small black spot is placed on the shoulders, the extreme basal and sutural margins are likewise of that colour; underside and pygidium black, clothed with long yellowish pubescence; the prosternum ends in a blunt projection in the male, but is broadly truncate in the female. Three specimens are contained in m y collection. CRYPTOCEPHALUS DOHRNI, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 1.) Black, thickly pubescent below, the thorax and legs fulvous, the former finely punctate; elytra metallic green, strongly punctate-striate, the interstices finely transversely rugose ; tarsi black. Length 2\ lines. Rather broad and robust, the head closely punctured, greenish black, the space between the eyes clothed with greyish pubescence; the antennae extending scarcely to half the length of the elytra, black, the basal joint fulvous, the sixth and following joints slightly widened ; thorax twice and a half broader than long, the sides rather strongly deflexed, the lateral margin slightly rounded, the surface opaque, fulvous, very minutely and closely punctured; scutellum black, not longer than broad, its apex truncate, the base with a fovea ; elytra parallel, pale green, distinctly punctate-striate, the interstices very finely transversely rugose and sparingly clothed with short silvery pubescence; underside densely pubescent, black, as also the tarsi, the legs fulvous, the last abdominal segment with a deep round fovea ; prosternum broad, flat, densely clothed with greyish pubescence. The elytra in this species, of which I received a single specimen, are but slightly metallic and have a silky appearance on account of the fine pubescence and rugose or finely wrinkled interstices. |
