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thick, curved, densely punctate and carinate; carina punctate; a 

 feeble groove at sides continuous from eyes almost to apex and 

 parallel with scrobes. Antennse inserted about one-third from 

 apex of rostrum; scape passing rostrum for the length of funicle; 

 club large, its outline continuous with that of funicle. Prothorax 

 feebly transverse, sides slightly rounded, posterior angles feebly 

 acute; ocular lobes obtuse^ emargination feeble; densely punctate, 

 punctures round, at apex smaller and sometimes confluent; with- 

 out median line. SciUe.llum small, oblong, corners rounded. 

 Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax and about thrice its 

 length, widest slightly behind base ; shoulders oblique, feebly 

 impinging on prothorax; each with ten rows of rather large oblono- 

 punctures, distinctly separated from each other; interstices raised, 

 triangularly convex; at base not so much raised as near apex, 

 much wider than punctures; suture flat to near apex, irregularly 

 punctate, the punctures becoming compressed into one narrow row 

 on posterior declivity ; interstices laterally punctate, on basal 

 third more coarsely than elsewhere and appearing to be obsoletely 

 and irregularly granulate. Feciorat canal wide, moderately deep; 

 separation between tops of anterior coxie almost the width of 

 apex, at their bases distinctly separated. Mesosternal plate 

 separated from metasternum by a straight groove or suture, 

 greatly depressed, very feebly concave, apex straight except the 

 extreme sides, which are directed forwards, sides narrower than 

 base or apex, feebly incurved. Metasternum convex at sides, disc 

 flattened or very slightly depressed, rather densely punctate; 

 episterna each with a narrow row of punctures appearing as a 

 feeble groove. Basal segment of abdomen large, its sides convex, 

 disc flattened or slightly convex, posteriorly in middle raised and 

 almost laminate; densely punctate; 2nd segment almost impunc- 

 tate, highly polished, apex of middle raised as in 1st ; inter- 

 mediates each distinctly larger and longer than 2nd, their com- 

 l)ined length almost equal to that of lst-2nd, and much longer 

 than apical, three apical segments densely punctate. Legs 

 moderately long, densely punctate ; anterior femora edentate, 

 posterior with rather small and intermediate with very small 



