BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 1233 



DD. Surface of elytra set with 



erect sette pygidialis, Blackb. 



CG. Head laivigate Iceviceps, Blackb. 



H. SETIFER, Sp.llOV. 



Sat elongatns ; minus convexus ; postice vix clilatatus ; sat 

 nitidus ; ferrugineus, antennis, palpisque testaceis ; elytris setis 

 longis fulvis erectis (baud pilis brevibus adpressis intermixtis) 

 sparsim vestitus ; capite (clypeo crebre rugulose excepto) subtiliter 

 leviter rainus crebre, prothorace dupliciter (subtiliter et vix sub- 

 tiliter) leviter sat sparsim, elytris squamose vix crebre sat crasse 

 nee fortiter, pygidio leviter sat sparsim, punctulatis; labro clypeum 

 baud superanti (hoc antice concavo) ; antennis 9-articulatis ; 

 unguiculis appendiculatis, unguiculorum posticorum parte basali 

 apicali vix longiori ; coxis posticis metasterno baud brevioribus. 



[Long. 5?, lat. 2| lines. 



The relation of labrum and clypeus intei' se is sucli in this 

 species as to render its position in my arrangement very doubtful; 

 the summit of the labrum is scarcely below the level of the clypeus 

 and this latter (thougli arcuately emarginate in front and with a 

 continuous reflexed margin) has not the deep more or less tri- 

 angular excision in the middle that is usual in the species of 

 Section II. It is distinguished, however, from nearly all tlie 

 species of Section III., by the relation of labrum and clypeus 

 being such that from no point of view has the free outline of the 

 head the very slightest "trilobed" appearance, — the middle lobe 

 (i.e. J the labrum) from the most favourable point of view appear- 

 ing to have a concave outline. The clypeus is closely and finely 

 rugulose in strong contrast to the rest of the head and the pro- 

 thorax, which are finely, smoothly, faintly and not closely punctu- 

 late. The prothorax is a little more than half again as wide as 

 long, the base (which is bisinuate and moderately lobed hindward 

 in the middle) not quite half again as wide as the front which is 

 rather strongly concave with sharp fairly well-produced angles ; 

 the sides are very little arched, the hind angles much rounded off. 



