BY H. J. CARTER. 



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Text-fig. .5 Cardiothorax inetallicus. 

 Text-fisf. 6. C. reertilaris. 



Text-fig. 7. C. iiiidiilatirostis. 

 Text-fig. la. C. hiniieralis Bates 



*The Srd and 5th elytral intervals are slightly wider than ths adjacent intei-- 

 vals near the base in many spp. (including regularis), but this is quite different 

 from the evident alternate inequality shown in alternatus. 



Types in Coll. Carter. 



Cardiothorax IjNdulaticostis, n.sp. (Text-fig. 7). 



Elongate, opaque black, costae of elytra and abdomen nitid black, tarsi and 

 apex of tibiae clothed with golden tomeutum. Head: frontal impression square 

 in front, rounded behind, containing a triangular impression within, cl-vpeus 

 rounded in front, rather prominently angulated at sides in front of eyes ; antennae 

 stout, Srd joint not much longer than 4th, 4th — 10th more or less oblong ovoid, 

 11th scarcely longer than 10th. Prothorax (5 X 6J mm.) eordiform, wider at 

 apex than at base, widest about middle, arcuate-emarginate at apex, base sub- 

 truncate (except at angles), anterior angles widely rounded, sides gradually widen- 

 ing to half-way, then strongly sinuately narrowed, the posterior angles forming a 

 strong triangular tooth bent diagonally outwards and a little backwards; I'oliate 

 margins wide and up-turned, separated from disc by a wide depression; extreme 

 border nitid and thifk; disc with deep medial sulcus, and a linear depression on 

 each side of this, besides two large, triangular, ba.sal foveae. Elytra considerably 

 wider than prothoiax at liase and nearly 2i times as long, obovate and flat, humeri 

 (formed by epipleural fold) very prominent and irregular (the ri§;ht clearly angu- 

 late, the left rounded and ear-like) ; each elytron with nine raised, crenulate or 

 wavy costae — the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 7th more sharply raised than the rest, 



