BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 697 



sparsim (clypeo crasse rugulose) punctulatus ; labro clypeum late 

 sat fortiter superanti ; antennis 9-articulatis ; imguiculis appen- 

 cliculatis, fortiter compressis, unguiciilorum posticorum parte 

 basali apicali paullo longiori ; coxis posticis metasterno paullo 

 brevioribus. [Long. 3f, lat. 1-i lines. 



The outline of the front of the head is at most very feebly 

 " trilobecl " from any point of view, owing to the width and 

 prominence of the labrum, on account of which the lobes are 

 feebly distinguished one from another, the middle lobe however 

 projecting further forward than, and appearing fully as wide as, 

 the lateral ones. The labrum is well raised above the clypeus, 

 which is exceptionally declivous in its front part, is feebly con- 

 cave in front, is margined all across, and forms an almost even 

 plane with the rest of the head, from which it is separated by a 

 somewhat sinuous suture. The prothorax is a little more than 

 half again as wide as long, its base scarcely a third again as wide 

 as its front, which is slightly emarginate, with feeble rounded 

 angles ; its sides are moderately rounded, being at their greatest 

 divergence in the middle ; its hind angles viewed from above 

 appear very little marked and not at all directed hind ward, but 

 not quite rounded off ; its basal outline is scarcely bisinuate, but 

 rather strongly convex hindward all across ; its surface is not 

 closely punctured, but nevertheless (owing to the fineness of the 

 punctures) about 20 at average distance apart would run down 

 the middle line, which shows some faint indication of a longi- 

 tudinal channel. The elytra are punctured almost as the ])ro- 

 thorax ; they bear scarcely a trace of striation (except the sutural 

 stria), their transverse wrinkling is fine and feeble, their lateral 

 fringe normal, their apical membrane distinct but very narrow. 

 The hind coxae are distinctly (but not much) shorter than the 

 metasternum, both being punctured rather coarsely (especially 

 the former) but not very deeply, rather closely at the sides and 

 much more finely towards the middle, the former having an 

 ill-defined laevigate antero-internal space. The puncturation of 

 the ventral segments is fine, squamose, and somewhat even, but 



