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Tibial hooks longer and sharp. 



8econil joint of funicle no longer than 1st. sidqjaraUelus, n.sp. 

 Second joint of funicle distinctly longer 



than 1st: quadraticollis, xi.ii\). 



Prothorax more or less rounded. 



Scutellum distinct, not depressed cordipennis, Pasc. 



Scutellum indistinct, within a depression. 



Elytra impunctate, tuberculate subereus, Pasc. 



Elytra punctate, noii-tubercuhite frontalis, Pasc. 



Paleticus pedestris, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5459. 



Black, opaque; scape and club dull reddish-brown, funicle dingy- 

 red, tarsi piceous, two apical joints paler. Moderately clothed with 

 ferruginous-brown scales of two sizes — small round ones closely 

 adpressed to derm, and moderately elongate spatulate scales, which 

 on the prothorax form four feeble clusters (scarcely fascicles) 

 across middle, and are moderately dense towards apex, on elytra 

 irregularl}' distributed and forming several fascicles — a distinct 

 transverse one on each side at summit of posterior declivity, two 

 feeble ones between it and base, and a feeble one towards apex. 

 Under surface and legs with small scales and with elongate sub- 

 setose scales. Head and base of rostrum squamose. 



Head somewhat depressed and marked with four shallow 

 impressions, leaving three very feeble tubercles (of which the 

 median one is elongate and the others rounded), a transverse 

 impression between eyes. Rostrum long and thin, basal third 

 strongly punctate, thence to apex finely punctate and shining, a 

 shallow lateral sulcus on each side immediately above scrobes, 

 commencing at eyes and terminating before antennae. Second 

 joint of funicle twice the length of 1st. Prothorax transverse 

 (4i^ X 3|^), flat, apex rounded, basal three-fourths parallel-sided, 

 base strongly bisinuate, scutellar lobe distinct ; impunctate. 

 SciUelluin indistinct. Elytra subcoi'date, at base Avider than 

 prothorax, widest at about apical third, sides near apex coarctate, 

 an elevated subtubercular lobe on each side of scutellum, shoulders 

 produced and subtuberculate; basal two-fifths with large punctures 

 (about 15 on each elytron), sides with three rows of feeble 

 punctures. Legs long; femora dentate, posterior passing apex of 



