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with golden pubescence. Thorax black, widest on the posterior half, 

 deeply and closely punctured ; central line dilated, deeply impressed ; 

 anterior margin elevated; sides rounded, suddenly constricted at base; 

 scutellum black, neatly punctured. Elytra dark yellow, closely punc- 

 tured; a narrow black line commencing on the humerus, widening and 

 becoming confluent with the margin at the basal third and extending 

 round the tip ; suture black ; two elevated longitudinal lines between 

 the humerus and scutel, obsolete on the posterior fourth. Beneath 

 black, with silvery pubescence; tibiae and tarsi fulvous. Length 7 

 lines. 



Leptura proptnqua n. sp. 



Body black ; elytra pale yellow, with black lateral markings. 



9 . Head black, closely punctured, clothed with a golden pubescence; 

 labrum and clypeus deeply and irregularly punctured; central line dis- 

 tinct, depressed between and back of the antennae; suddenly constricted 

 at the base and forming a neck; antennae black, second joint longer 

 than the third, the fourth and following joints annulated at base; man- 

 dibles rufous on the middle; palpi black. Thorax black, densely punc- 

 tured, thickly clothed with pubescence; anterior margin slightly ele- 

 vated, regularly narrowed from the base to the apex; central line not 

 deeply impressed ; posterior angles divei'gent, deeply excavated across 

 the base and suddenly widening at the centre, forming a deep fovea; 

 basal line bisinuate. Scutellum triangular, densely pubescent. Elytra 

 pale yellow, densely punctured, thickly clothed with prostrate pube- 

 scence ; humeri prominent ; two elevated longitudinal lines between 

 the humeri and scutel. becoming obsolete on the posterior third; suture 

 and epipleurae dark brown, base tipped with black; a small oblong 

 black spot immediately back of the humeri near the lateral margin ; a 

 larger spot on the lateral middle, extending from the margin to one- 

 third of the suture; tips black, obliquely truncate, lateral point form- 

 ing an obtuse spine. Beneath black, closely and minutely punctured, 

 thickly clothed with golden pubescence. Length 9 7?, % bl lines. 



The % differs from the 9 by the elytra being darker colored and the 

 antennae entirely black. 



