Mar., '06] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 79 



tate, each puncture anteriorly with a rather long suberect hair, elsewhere 

 the hairs are shorter and semi-recumbent ; frons nearly plane, limited 

 laterally by the supra-antennal convexities ; frontal suture fine and more 

 or less distinct; vertex slightly and evenly convex, continuously so with 

 the tempora laterally, the latter scarcely arcuate behind the antennae and 

 not in the least prominent ; antennae long, reaching beyond the base of 

 prothorax, comparatively stout, gradually and feebly incrassate, each 

 joint subcylindrical and narrowing slightly from apex to base, joints two 

 and three subequal in length and obconical, joints four, five and six equal 

 in length to the third, suboval in outline with side more arcuate, joints 

 seven and eight slightly longer and a little more robust, the seventh sub- 

 oval, the eighth suborbicular, joints nine and ten stouter, eleventh oval 

 and about one-half longer than wide. Pronotum subquadrate, a little 

 longer than wide, widest at junction of middle and anterior thirds ; disc 

 evenly, moderately and transversly convex, scarcely so antero-posterior- 

 ly, quite coarsely, sparsely and irregularly punctate, each puncture with 

 a rather short, curved and semi-recumbent seta ; apex truncate in cir- 

 cular arc, not margined ; sides rather unevenly and not strongly arcuate 

 in anterior moiety, thence very feebly arcuate or straight and slightly 

 converging to base, margin distinct but not beaded ; base feebly rounded 

 and obsoletely beaded and about equal to the apex ; apical angles ob- 

 tuse and not rounded, nor anteriorly prominent ; basal angles more or 

 less rounded. Propleura slightly convex, sparsely and subocellately 

 punctate, punctures smaller than on the disc ; surface more or less very 

 minutely rugulose posteriorly. Elytra oblong-oval, about twice as long 

 as wide, widest at middle two-fourths ; base not margined and moder- 

 ately distant from the prothoracic base, the mesonotal condylar region 

 moderately exposed giving a subpedunculated effect ; humeri obsolete ; 

 sides moderately arcuate and rather gradually retreating from the hum- 

 eral region, subparallel at middle two-fourths and thence to apex evenly 

 arcuate ; subparabolically rounded ; disc moderately depressed and 

 very feebly convex on dorsum, laterally moderately rounded and not in- 

 flexed, very feebly, evenly and arcuately declivous posteriorly, punctate, 

 the punctures more or less ocellate and distinctly seriate on dorsum, be- 

 coming irregular at the periphery, the strial punctures are comparatively 

 large, circular and somewhat shallow, each with a curved, semi-recum- 

 bent, moderately short seta, arising from a centrally placed, minute 

 eminence, the interstitial punctures small, each with a seta similar to 

 those of the strial punctures. Sterna and parasterna coarsely and rather 

 sparsely punctate, and ocellate as above, each puncture with a short seta. 

 Abdomen feebly convex, moderately coarsely and sparsely punctate, 

 each puncture with a moderately short nearly recumbent seta. Legs 

 moderate. Tibiae rather slender and clothed with fine moderately lout; 

 hairs. Tarsi similarly clothed, the feeble grooves beneath mar^im -d by- 

 pale delicate spinules. Measurements^. Length, 3.2 mm.; width, 

 i.omm. 9. Length, 3.9 mm.; width, 1.2 mm. 



