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REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY TE S EBRIONIS ^^ 



wards, joint 3 scarcely longer than 4, 8-10 subquadrate, 11 nearly 

 round. Protliorax 5 x 5'G mm., more convex than in M. laticollis 

 Pasc, widest near middle, apex slightly bisinuate, the middle a 

 little advanced, anterior angles widely rounded, scarcely achanced, 

 sides gently rounded, sinuate behind when viewed sideways (due 

 to subangulate depression of border at this point), base nearly 

 straight, posterior angles rather bluntly acute and! 

 produced; sides, base, and the greater part of apex I 

 with raised border, the lateral border not so evident i 

 from above as in M. laticollis Pasc, due to its greater 

 convexity ; a narrow sulcus within border throughout, 

 except at the middle of apex, border thickened at the 

 posterior angles; disc cjuite smooth, highly polished, 

 with four foveate depressions, one near each angle 

 within the apical and basal border respectively, and 

 a faint beginning of a central depression at base and 

 apex. Sciitellum triangular. Elytra wider than pro- 

 thorax at base, and nearly twice and one-half as 

 long, more convex and parallel than J/, laticollis 

 Pasc, shoulders advanced and rather scjuarely 

 rounded, striate-punctate, with nine rows, besides a ]\f dentipes. 

 short scutellary row of large round punctures, no wise concealed 

 by the striae, the terminal puncture at base especially large and 

 deep; intervals convex and smooth. Gula finely, transversely 

 rugose, prosternum finely punctate, metasternum and abdomen 

 nearly smooth, except for a row of punctures at front edge of 

 second and third segments, and some minute strioles; femora 

 smooth, front tibise unusually bent downwards and iuAvards, deeply 

 excavated, carinate on the inside, with two teeth, one wider near 

 base, the second conical on the upper third; middle and hind 

 tibias straight on the outer edge, the middle , tibia3 with two teeth, 

 the one near the apex far more acute, posterior tibiae also biden- 

 tate, with a large conical tooth near the middle, the other wide and 

 round, emerging into the unusually widened ajDex. Dimensions^ 

 19-20 X 7 mm. 

 ^.Wanting, 



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