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sparse!}' and irregularly punctate, jDunctures larger and denser on 

 the epistoma. Antenna- rather long, outer three joints feebh" com- 

 l^ressed, scarcely dilated, third joint scarceW as long as the next two 

 taken together, fourth slightly longer than the fifth, the latter, sixth, 

 seventh, and eighth subequal in length, seventh and eighth as wide as 

 long, ninth and tenth rather transversely oval, eleventh subovate. 



Pronotum widest at or slightly in advance of the middle, about a 

 third wider than long, length equal to wddth of apex ; disc glabrous, 

 finely and rather sparsely punctulate, evenly and moderately convex 

 from side to side, rather declivous at the apical angles; apex feebly 

 emarginate to subtruncate in circular arc, finely and more or less 

 obsoletely margined ; sides feebly to moderately arcuate, slightly 

 narrowing anteriorly to apex, rather straight and convergent poste- 

 riorly to base, very finely beaded; hase slightly arcuate and finely 

 margined, about one-sixth wider than the apex; apical angles dis- 

 tinct, slightly prominent and not rounded ; basal angles obtuse 

 scarcely rounded. 



Pro'plevrtp usually obsoletely punctulate, quite smooth and dis- 

 tinctly rugulose. 



Elytra oval, widest at the middle, usually less than twice as long 

 as wide; hase feebly emarginate, scarcely wider than the contiguous 

 prothoracic base; huineri more or less acute and rather prominent 

 anteriorly; sides evenly arcuate, apex obtuse and rather narrowly 

 rounded ; disc evenly and moderately convex, feebly depressed, 

 strongly and evenly rounded laterally to the epipleura*, rather evenly 

 and arcuately declivous posteriorly ; surface sulcate, the sulci broad 

 biseriately, uniseriateh', or irregularly punctate, punctures rather 

 coarse, intervals distinctly convex, rather narrow, very sparsely or 

 more thickly pmictulate; inflexed sides obsoletely sulcate and more 

 irregularly punctate. 



E pipleura' obsoletely punctate, glabrous, and moderately narrow. 



Sterna obsoletely punctate and irregularly rugose, more or less 

 shining. 



Paraplcvra' subopaque and rather densely punctate. 



Ahdonwn horizontal: i-ather glabrous, sparsely, minutely i)unctate 

 and rugulose, more coarsely so on the first ventral segment between 

 the coxa\ 



Legs quite slender and moderate in length. Anterior tibial spurs 

 unequal, both acute; anterior tarsi slightly dissimilar in the sexes. 



Male. — Body slightly elongated and slender. Antenn;r reaching 

 slightly beyond the base of the prothorax. Abdomen very moderately 

 convex, intercoxal process slightly flattened: anterior femora armed 

 with an obtuse tooth; first joint of the anterior tarsi clothed on th.e 

 slightly produced tip beneath, Avith a minute tuft of more or less 

 golden pubescence. 



