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of little more distantly and irre<>ularly placed ones; sparsely clothed 

 with rather long, bristling, brownish, or black and conspicnously 

 erect flying hairs, those of the interstitial punctures being much 

 longer than those of the strial series; inflexed sides much less 

 pubescent. 



Ejnplem'd' quite narrow at base and gradually narrowing to the 

 apex; surface opaque and sparsely, subnniricately punctulate. 



8te7')ia more or less densely' and submuricately punctate and rugose, 

 setae rather short and semi-recumbent. 



P((r(iplei(r<t' not densely nor finely punctate, scarcely setose. 



Abdomen shining and horizontal, rather sparsely punctate; first 

 segment densely and rather coarsely punctate and rugulose, punc- 

 tures denser on the fifth segment. 



Legs moderate in length and not densely clothed with short semi- 

 recumbent hairs, that become longer on the tibial apices and last 

 tarsal joints; anterior femora mutic in both sexes: anterior tarsi 

 quite similar in the sexes, apparently not thickened, without tufts 

 of pubescence, nor the apico-marginal spinules of the first joint 

 being conspicuous. 



Male. — Elongate and somewhat narrow, antennae reaching to the 

 prothoracic base. Abdomen not strongly convex, broadly and quite 

 strongly impressed between the coxa\ less strongly on the second 

 and third segments. Anterior tibial spurs subequal. moderately 

 short, slender, and acute. 



Fenmle. — Rather robust. Antenna? not quite reaching to the pro- 

 thoracic base, abdomen strongly convex ; tibial spurs longer, the 

 anterior tibial slightly curved, subequal in length and thickness, 

 acute. 



Measurements. — Males: Length, ii.5-l() nnn.: width. ^).t)-{\ nun. 

 Females: Length, 15-17mm. ; width, T-T..') nnn. 



I have recently received from Mr. Warren Knaus a pair of speci- 

 mens (male and female) that represent an extreme form of sculptur- 

 ing, and Avhich is worthy of being recognized as a form, that may be 

 defined as follows: 



Forma ordinata. — Elytra with rather distant unimpressed stria' of 

 rather fine and closely placed punctures, each interval with a distinct 

 and regular series of rather distantly placed submuricate tubercles, 

 feeble but distinct near the suture, each series increasing in size to the 

 sides where both series become irregular and confused. Each interval 

 has a few small and sparsely scattered punctures between or about 

 the tubercles, otherwise as in pUosa. 



Measurements. — Male: Length, 15 mm.; w^idth, 6.5 mm. Female: 

 Length, 15 mm. : width, T mm. 



Genital characters., male. — Edeagophore of the usual form, elon- 

 gately oblong-ovate, subdepressed not strongly convex nor arched. 



