BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 469' 



along the middle (except apices) and sides of prothorax and elytra; 

 under surface with sparser scales, abdominal segments (to the 

 naked eye) with three rows of paler scales, legs densely squamose, 

 femora feebly ringed; head and rostrum densely squamose, the 

 scales tinged with brown towards base and apex. Ciliation 

 moderately elongate, pale silvery-yellow. 



Narrow, convex, subparallel, tubercles mostly small. Head 



with a very feeble tubercle on each side of the middle and almost 



at extreme base, punctures (if present) entirely concealed ; eyes 



rather large, finely granulate, between them a feeble carina 



showing through scales and apparently continued on to rostrum 



(which is almost straight and parallel-sided) ; antennte rather 



short, scape inserted about one-third from apex, passing muzzle; 



2nd joint of funicle slightly longer than but not as thick as 1st 



and not as long as three following combined; club thick, almost 



free. Prothorax with apex produced, subtruncate, about half the 



width of base, basal two-thirds subparallel, ocular lobes feeble;, 



constriction deep, visible from above; median carina rather thick 



and showing only in the middle ; on each side of it an obtuse 



rounded tubercle; lateral tubercles feeble, flattened, the anterior 



only feebly distinct; sides of apex feebly ridged, and from the 



density of the scales by which the ridges are covered appearing 



bifurcate; base with a few large granules or very small tubercles. 



Scutelium very small and indistinct. Elytra more than twice the 



length of prothorax and scarcely— if at all — wider, very feebly 



widening to about one-third from base, shoulders feebly produced; 



the tubercles only at sides of declivity on 3rd interstice large and 



conical, three on 2nd interstice small, basal equidistant from base 



and 2nd, 3rd as far distant from 2nd as 2nd is from base, and at 



summit of declivity (which is elongate); 4th interstice with very 



feeble tubercles, the most distinct near third discal, the interstices 



apparently feebly tuberculate, raised towards the sides ; apex 



with a rather large flattened conical tubercle on each side; disc 



with numerous small granules; sides with large shallow punctures. 



A bdomen (except for scales and flattened intercoxal process) as in 



preceding. Femora long, posterior almost reaching apex of 



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