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ante oculos, fere ad apicem epistornas, oblique carinatmn ; oculi 

 magni, valde eraarginati, superne ampliati, sub-approximati ; pro- 

 thorax longitudine fere tertio latior, sub-deplanatus, angulis anticis 

 valde productis, antice nonnihil attenuatus ; scutellum parvum, acute 

 triangulum, elytra thorace contigua, antice gibbosa, longe ultra 

 medium parallela, apice acuminata, punctato striata ; prosternum 

 processu intercoxali horizontal!, antice sub-acuto, mesosternurn antice 

 rotundatirn excisurn, rnetasternum in medio concavum ; pedes sub- 

 validi, breves, femoribus anticis robustioribus, leviter canaliculatis, 

 interne in medio acute dentatis ; antennas modice elongatae, ultra 

 basim attingentes, articulis quatuor penultimis sub-cylindricis, 

 prgecedentibus baud longioribus sed fere duplo crassioribus, articulo 

 ultimo precedent! tertio longior, externe a medio apice leviter 

 rotundato ; tarsi dense longeque fulvo pilosi. 



GHALECA 

 Plate VII., fig. 10. 



.ZEneo micans, capite, prothorace, elytris basi atque apice, 

 epipleuris corporeque subtus distincte flavo pubescentibus ; caput 

 crebre punctatum, antice inter carinas laterales sat profunde trans- 

 versim impressum ; antennas rufo-piceaa ; prothorax planus, longi- 

 tudine latitudine tertio latior, apice ernarginatus, angulis anticis 

 acutis, valde prominulis, basi sub-sinuatus, angulis posticis acutis, 

 lateraliter a medio apice attenuatus, apice basi fere tertio angustior, 

 crebre profundeque punctatus, pube decunibente flavescente dense 

 vestitus, marginibus laterum apicisque acutis ; scutellum parvum, 

 triangulum, acutum, marginatum, parum punctatum ; elytra antice 

 prothoracis basi quarto latiora, humeris sub-obliquis, valde prominulis, 

 pone hurneros sub-sinuata, deinde longe ultra medium parallela, ad 

 tertiarn partem posticam acuminata, supra a basi pone medium 

 gibbosa, postice deflexa, sub-deplanata, margine laterali acuta, apice 

 baud deplanata, profunde punctato striata, interstitiis planis, punctis 

 minoribus obsitis, basi apiceque laxe flavo villosa ; epipleura 

 rugulosa, longe pubescentia ; pectus crebre, abdomen tenuiter 

 punctulata, ad latera densius tomentosa. Long. 17 mm. ; lat. 

 9 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port St. John). Miss Hollway. 



