BY H. J. CARTER. 



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Blackb., and the subopaque species like C. Haagl Bates, with the 

 prothorax similar to the latter, and the elytra more like the 

 former; but it is very distinct from any described species, and is 

 one of the largest in the genus. Types in the author's Coll. 



Cardiothorax asperatus, n.sp. 



Elongate-ovate, brownish-black, opaque. 



Head and thorax densely rugosely shagreened; labrum pro- 

 minent, epistoma incurved in the middle, oblique on sides; suture 

 straight ; frontal impression obscure (only indicated by basal 

 ridge); antennae with joint 3 nearly as long as 4-5 combined, 3-7 

 subconic, 8-10 oval, 11 very large, ovoid. Prothorao- b ■x.^vam.., 

 scutiform, widest in front of middle, bisinuate at apex, anterior 

 angles moderately produced and rather sharply rounded, sides 

 slightly rounded anteriorly, then widely 

 sinuately narrowed behind, posterior angles 

 acutely dentate and pointing obliquely out- 

 wai'd, base truncate, much narrower than 

 apex, disc with two, wide, shallow depres- 

 sions and a depi'essed middle line, the sculp- 

 ture somewhat reticulate rugose, coarsely so 

 at sides and base. Scutelhun triangular. 

 Elytra ovate, wider than prothorax at base 

 and twice as long, shoulders rounded, epi- 

 pleural fold reflexed in this region and form- 

 ing a sharply defined border throughout; 

 punctate-striate, five alternate intervals (in- 

 cluding the sutural) finely costate, the edge 

 of costse very finely ci-enulate or subnodulose, the latter structure 

 evident in the two sutural costse, the second, fourth, sixth, and 

 eighth intervals also slightly raised, more divstinctly so on apical 

 half, the interspaces filled with rather large, close, transverse 

 punctures; submentum and prosterna very coarsely punctate, the 

 latter bearing scattei-ed sets;, abdomen finely and sparsely granu- 

 lose and opaque, legs with shoi't, dense hairs, tibia? scarcely 

 enlarged at apex, with short terminal spines. Dimensions: 14-18 

 X 5-6 "5 mm. 



Text-fig. 3. 

 C. asptratxiif, u.sp. 



