23.4 Geüvs Go3. ~ LITORIIYNCIIUS. 



parva, rolunda, laterati basi apiceqne nigris ; elylris xub-lriamjti- 

 laribiis, punctato-strialis, interslilüs planis, remote vage punctu- 

 latis ; pycjidio profunde punctalo, tri-carinalo ; corpore suhlus atro' 

 variegalo; fcnioribub basi apiccque infuscaüs. 



Patria : Assam, Bengaliae. Dom. Westermann jun. Mus. Schh. 



Femina nol)is tantum co{;nita. Cijrlolraclwlo Ion g ipedi sah-sinii- 

 lis, sed plus duplo minor. Caput rotundatum, convexum, sat pro- 

 funde minus crebre punctatum, ni^no-piceum , nitidum , gla- 

 brum, inter oculos foveola minus profunda insculptum ; oculi 

 elongati , parum convexi, nigri, infra caput fere conniventes; 

 rostrum longltudine capitis cumthorace, in ipsa basi nonnihil 

 incrassatum, dein tenue , teres, parum arcuatum, extrorsum 

 paulo ampliatum, ibique supra planiusculum, sub-remote punc- 

 tulatum, apicem versus crebre aciculatum, nigrum, sub-uiti- 

 dum , glabrum. Antenna^ longiusculat' ^ sub-tcnues, nigra>, nitida;, 

 glabrae ; clava compressa, oblique sub-ovata , apicc dense griseo- 

 pubescente. Tborax latitudine baseos paulo longior, sub-ovatus , 

 apice truncatus, anterius angustior, pone apicem constrictus, lobo 

 antico tubulato, nigro, profundius punctato; laieribus pone stric- 

 turam rotundato-ampliatus , basi rotundato-productus, leviter 

 (juadri-sinuatus , supra modice convexus, subtiliter remote punc- 

 tulatus, basi punctis paucis sparsis majoribus impressus, rufo- 

 ferrugineus, nitidus, glaber, ipsa basi transversim , vitta angusta 

 media maculaque parva, rotunda , in medio lateris , nigris. Scu- 

 tellum oblongo-triangulare, apice acuminatum, atrum, nitidum, 

 glabrum, basi punctatum. Elytra basi conjunctim profunde cmar- 

 ginata, reilexo-marginata, tboracis basi parum latiora, lobis Im- 

 lueralibus productis ; pone basin obli([uc ampliata , dein poste- 

 rius valde angustata, apicc ipso siugulalim obtuse rotundata, 

 tborace nounibil loiigiora, supra in durso fere plana, punctato- 

 striata, striis interioribus profundis , exterioribus lenuioribus, 

 Omnibus mediocritcr punctatis, interstitiis planis, subtiliter re- 

 mote vage punctulatis; rufo-ferruginea, nitida, glabra, limbo la- 

 terali et apicis pallido-liuibriato. Pygidium sub-triangulare , apice 

 truncatum , sat crebre et profunde punctatum , alte tri-carina- 

 tuu), rufo-ferrugineum, parce silaceo-setulosum. Corpus subtus 

 sub-remote lateribus evidenter punctulatum , rufo-ferrugineum , 

 nitidum, pcctorc vcntrequc basi atro-variegatis , segmentis ulti- 

 mis abdomiiiis utrin([ue silacco-solulosis. Pedcs validi, antici 

 paulo longiores , lemote punctulati, rufo-fcrruginci , uitidijfe- 



