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cylindricafjconvcxa, subnilida. Caput tcve, minutissime, ubique, punctu- 

 laiwn. Pronotum transversals , in disco, minimis impressum punctis, 

 latera versus, granulatum. Elytra ovata, convexa, dorso medio vix depla- 

 nata, sparsim tuberculis parvis, retrorsum et in intervallo primo oblitc- 

 ratis, tecta. Coslss dorsales parum conspicux; antrorsum prima vix indi- 

 cata. Costa lateraiis paulo prominentior, retrorsum evanescens, tuberculis 

 aliquot disjunctis marglnalem costam atlingens. Hcec, paulo post clytro- 

 rum basin orta, crenulala , postice denticulata. Inferior cpiplcurorum 

 margo, humcros versus, prominens, ab alto paululum videtur, deficicnte 

 costa marginali. Prosternum rostro terminatur protracto. Abdomen gra- 

 nulatum. Tarsi posteriores quatuor compressi, pilis rigidis, fulvis, lon- 

 gisque, ciliati. 



Patria : Ind. or. Hiuimitsch (sic). In Museis de Marseul, Oberthur, 

 (olim Mniszech), Senac (olim Javet), etc. 



2 PIMELIA co^ 7 VEXICOLLIS. Long. 16 mill.; lat. 9 mill. Cylindrica, 

 angusta, ubique pube flavo-sericea vestita. Thorax convcxus, dense dorso 

 granulatus, levi interruptaque tinea in medio disco notatus. Elytra costis 

 crassis crenulatisque instructa. Interstitiorum granula crebre, transversim 

 seriata. Costa lateraiis prominentior. Epipleura sparsim granulata, gra- 

 nis postice decrescentibus. Prosternum rostro brevi terminatum. Abdomen 

 subrugosum. Tarsi quatuor postici subcomprcssi, nee dilatali, pilis rigi 

 dis, infra supraque, ciliati. 



Patria : Ind. or. In Museo Buxellense. 



3 PIMELIA RAFFRAYI. Long. 15-21 mill.; lat. 8-13 mill. Elongata, 

 ovata, dorso subdeprcssa, omnino grisea pube vestita. Caput ad latera 

 minute granulatum, in medio subleve. Antennae filiformes. Thorax gra 

 nulatus, subcylindricus, paulo ante longitudinis medium latior. Elytra 

 ovata, postice attenuata; costss dorsales, antice, granulis disjunctis for- 

 matse, retrorsum crenatse. Lateraiis costa validior, crenata, marginalis 

 autem tevissimc crenulata. Interstitia ubique minute granulata. Epipleura 

 minutissimis rarisque grants notata. Abdomen densius pubcsccns, nigro- 

 granulatum. Pedcs longi t graciles, tibiis anticis dente parva cxtus termi- 

 natis, intermediis dorso subcanaliculatis, posticis depressis. Tarsi quatuor 

 postici valde compressi, longis fulvisque pilis ciliati. 



Prope ad Pimeliam Valdani disponenda, sed carentibus elytrornm pilis, 

 granulatione dissirnile, etc., valde clistincla. 



Patria : Massouah ; in littore Sinus arabici, sat frequenter, a Domino 

 Raffray, lecta. 



