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g 2 . Pro thorax finely, subuniformly punctate, except along a narrow 



smooth space down the middle, even ; elytra sharply punctate- 

 striate ; anterior tibise more or less produced at the outer apical 

 angle : upper surface almost bare. 



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e 3 . Punctuation of the prothorax sparser; elytral interstices very 



finely punctate 



memnoniuSy Gyll. 



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/ 3 . Punctuation of the prothorax a little coarser and closer ; 



elytral interstices coarsely uniseriate-punctate 



h l . Rostrum feebly compressed or subcylindrical, more slender, not 



or scarcely widened towards the apex beneath (except in 



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S. incurrens) . 

 A 2 . Prothorax with a V-shaped area at the base, an oblong subapical 



depression, and a similar depression near each hind angle, 

 coarsely punctate, the rest of the disc to near the sides smooth 

 or very finely punctured ; elytra rather coarsely punctate- 

 striate : surface in great part bare, the punctures sometimes 



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incrustate. 

 Tipper surface shining, black 



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Upper surface opaque, varying in colour from black to ferru- 

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Prothorax with a V-shaped or oblong, coarsely punctured, flat- 

 tened or depressed, area at the base, the rest of the surface 

 more or less finely punctate, smooth along the median line ; 

 elytra crenato- or punctato-sulcate : surface bare and shining. 

 Body ferruginous or rufo-castaneous above, black beneath ; 

 the prothorax with three sharply-defined vittse on the disc, 

 the scutellum, and the elytra sometimes with the alternate 

 interstices, black ; elytra crenato-striate. 

 a\ Fifth ventral segment sharply hollowed down the middle 



posteriorly, and the anterior and intermediate femora 



ciliate, in $ . ♦ 



6\ Fifth ventral segment without definite groove, and the 



anterior and intermediate femora penicillate at the base, 



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Body black (the prothorax and elytra sometimes rufo-lineate 

 or castaneous) ; elytra punctato-sulcate, with flat, finely 



punctate interstices 



Prothorax narrow, with a small space in front of the scutellum 

 rather more coarsely punctured than the rest of the minutely 

 punctate surface, smooth along the median line ; elytra sharply 

 punctate- striate, the interstices flat, minutely punctate; an- 

 terior tibice produced at their outer apical angle : surface bare 

 and shining »...»» ►..►. 



[Gyll 



quadrivittatus, Gyll 



lineatus, sp. n 



imm, Gyll 



angustuSy Boh- 









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