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closely placed punctures, intermixed with some larger ones ; once and a lialf as 

 lona: again as the body in the cf, and half as long again in the ?. Seutellnm more 

 densely pubescent at the sides tiian in the middle. Elytra punctuated ; the punctures 

 serially arranged at the sides, and faintly umbilicate at the base. 

 Hah. KuUn (A. Mocinerys, IslV,'). 



152. Monohammus fulvaster sp. uov. 



c?. .1/. uiger, fnlvo-cinereo-pubesccus, maculis vittisqne pallide oehraceis 

 ornatns. Fronte singnlatim ])iiiictata : vertic.o laevi, paucis jmuctis inter oculos 

 instructo, vittis tribus longitudinalibus ochraceo-luteis iiotato. Antenuis corpore 

 dnplo et dimidio longioribus, articnlis basi griseis, scapo minutissime pnuctnlato. 

 Prothovace longitudinc jianlo latiore, disco medio ante basim tuberculato, sparsissime 

 punctalo, fiisciis (jiiaruor jiallido o(^hraceis uotato, una dorsali utrinqno ]ircipe 

 medium, una laterali utrincpie sub dentem sita. Scutello subtriaugulare. Elytris 

 ad snturam parum dejjressis, ajiicibus subtrnncatis, angulis suturalibus rotniidatis, 

 externis breviter dentatis, sat tenniter et parum seriatim punctnlatis, mnltis maculis 

 pallide oehraceis notatis. 



Long. ]r> mm., elytr. 10, lat. 5. 



Tlie protlioracic tubercle on the disc near the base is feeble, but still visible ; 

 the lateral teeth are a little curved. Seutellnm impnnctate, of a somewhat triangular 

 shape, with the apex rounded. Tlie punctures of the elytra are fine, and here and 

 there serially arranged ; tlmse of the base coarser and somewhat umbilicate, witli 

 the interstices raised to slight transverse wrinkles, especially near the seutellnm ; 

 the suture feebly depressed, and the third interstice of the punctured rows somewhat 

 raised. Under surface imimuetate, clothed with an uniformly coloured ])nbescence, 

 which is a little move i'nlvons at the tip of the tibiae. 



Htib. Knilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



153. Monohammus griphiis sji. nov. 



$. M. ater, infra griseo-, supra nigro-|iabescens et albo-variegatns. Capite 

 fascia transversa ad I'rontis et genarum marginem sita, vitta angusta in utroque 

 latere verticis ad ocnlonuu marginem, albis notato, paucis puuctis profnndis 

 instructo ; anteunarum tuberibns impunctatis. Antennis corpore sesqui longioribus, 

 articnlis basi albis. Prothorace disco inaequali, dente laterali valido, paucis pmictis 

 j)rofundis instructo; ntriui|ne snjira dentem lateralem fiiscia recta longitudinali alba 

 oruato. Scutello rotundato. Elytris basi dense grosse, apicem versus minutius, 

 puuctatis ; fascia ab hnmero usque ad suturae medium descendente, ubi parum 

 obsoleta, plagis irregularibiis una ante apicali, secuuda ajiicali, albis notatis. 



Long, l'.» mm., elytr. 13, lat. 6i. 



Uiijierside with a deep black j)ubesceuce. Front of the head with some sparse 

 puncl;ures ; antennal tubers impnnctate ; a transverse band at the margin of the 

 cheeks and front, and two narrow oblicjue streaks bordering the upper lobes of the 

 eyes, of a white pubescence. Antennae half as long again as the body, with the 

 bases of the third and three succeeding joints white ; scape, second and seventh 

 joints also somewhat whitish at the base. Prothorax with scattered puncttjres and 

 with three faint smooth nodosities on the disc ; lateral teeth large ; sides with an 

 almost straight band situated above the lateral tooth. .Seutellnm impnnctate, 

 ronnded, fringed at the margin with ashy grey hairs. Elytra very faintly truncate 

 at the apex, coarsely piuictate, with the punctures becoming finer towards the apex ; 



