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than prothorax, third joint as long as fourth and fifth combined, 

 8-10 oval and flattened, eleventh obovoid and longer than tenth. 

 Prothorax (5x9 mm.) widest at base, length measured to apex of 

 anterior process, sides narrowing in a curve from base to apex, a 

 little sinuate anteriorly, posterior angles acute, slightly produced 

 and deflected at the tips, anterior processes narrowing to a point, 

 gradually rising above the plane of prothorax and exactly meet- 

 ing vertically above the middle of the head (not produced in 

 front of head) with their edges vertical at their junction [this 

 character is not constant, and subject to variation], each process 

 separately rounded or falcate, and recurved at the apex; foliate 

 margins wide, concave, separation from disc marked by sulcate 

 depression in front only, extreme border thick and reflexed from 

 above (seen sideways, thin and continuous with under surface). 

 Disc convex and carinate, the line of carina, seen sideways, form- 

 ing a triple curve, or trisinuate line, the posterior equiangular 

 triangular tooth much the most prominent part, with posterior 

 edge oblique and continuous to base; surface of disc and margins 

 closely pustulose, base closely fitting elytra and crenulate. 

 Scutellum transversely semielliptic, finely punctured and non- 

 carinate. Elytra as wide as long(10'5 mm.), oval, widest behind 

 middle, slightly narrower than prothorax at base, apex a little 

 produced, shoulders obtuse-angulate, the angle emphasised by 

 strongly raised border ending abruptly at middle of basal side,^ 

 vertical near shoulder but gradually becoming explanate at apex; 

 foliate margins of same width as those of prothorax at base, 

 gradually narrowed and obsolete at apex, slightly gibbous at 

 base, convex behind, exti'eme border reflexed and much thinner 

 than that of prothorax (seen sideways it is much thicker than it 

 and convex, the lower edge carinate and below the plane of 

 undersurface); disc tricostate, the suture and two subparallel 

 costse strongly raised; of these the suture less raised, continuous 

 from base to apex, the other two little divergent at base, very 

 slightly convergent and abruptly terminated on apical declivity, 

 crenulate on both sides; surface lineate-punctate, the part between 

 costse containing two rows of large punctures at intervals of 

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