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in the middle to ajDex of anterior process, glabrous, not per- 

 ceptibly punctured on disc, minutely bristled on margins, widest 

 near base, then narrowed, a little sinuately to the apex, slightly 

 incurved at the posterior angles; anterior processes acute, over- 

 lapping at the points, enclosing the head in a circle of 2 mm. 

 diameter, posterior angles acute and dentate, foliate margins 

 together about half the width of disc, gibbous at the base, 

 concave anteriorly, with the edge thin, rounded and raised, con- 

 tinuous with the under surface; base strongly trilobed, the discal 

 lobe curved backwards and meeting the marginal base in a wide 

 but distinct angle, the marginal base coarsely serrated; base and 

 apex not apparently margined. Disc with central carina not 

 reaching apex, rising strongly in a double curve and forming a 

 large blunt tooth near base, with its posterior outline subvertical 

 (not beaked or overhanging). Scutellum transverse, triangular, 

 -and depressed. Elytra nearly as broad as long(12-5 x 11 -5 mm.), 

 widest behind middle, humeral angle defined and obtuse, sides a 

 little incurved at shoulder, then very gradually widening to apical 

 third, widelj'^ rounded at apex, the apices of elytra very slightly 

 produced and separately rounded, foliate margins as wide as those 

 of the prothorax at base, narrowing to half-way, and narrowest 

 at apex, subhorizontal at base, more oblique and concave towards 

 apex, with extreme border strongly raised and infolded at base; 

 border reflected at sides, nearly flat at apex, with edge (seen 

 sideways) flat, slightly grooved, and wider than edge of pro- 

 thorax, but narrowing at extreme apex. Disc convex, coarsely 

 punctured, with some indications of a linear arrangemeut, and, 

 together with margins, thinly clad with fine short black bristles; 

 the suture, and one on each side of suture, forming three equally 

 raised parallel costje; of these the sutural costa is continued from 

 base to apex, the discal costse extending from base to the summit 

 of the apical declivity and distant about 35 mm. apart, all three 

 costas having a line of large punctures at each side on the elytra. 

 Abdomen more densely but less coarsely punctured than elytra, 

 legs (especially tibiae) rugose and finely granulated and bristled, 

 -apex of tibiag strongly bispinose (longest on the fore tibiae), tarsi 



