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E'pipleurm moderately narrow, iiiicinately dilated beneath the 

 humeri, and i>Tadually narrowing to apex; surface usually more or 

 less obsoletely punctate. 



Sterna and parapleurw more or less obsoletely or strongly punctate 

 and rugulose. 



Abdomen finely and more or less sparsely, obsoletely punctate and 

 rugulose. 



Legs moderate. Anterior femora armed in the sexes; protibial 

 spurs and protarsi nearly alike in the sexes, the spurs are quite 

 strongly divergent. The first joint of the protarsi is more or less 

 thickened and slightly produced at apex beneath, bearing a tuft of 

 yellowish pubescence. 



Male. — About twnce as long as wide. Antennae scarcely reaching 

 to the basal margin of the prothorax. Elytra moderately, suddenly, 

 and obliquely declivous posteriorly ; apex slightly acuminate. Ab- 

 domen slightly oblique, moderately convex, broadly impressed on the 

 first two segments. Anterior femora with an acute tooth about one- 

 fourth distance from the apex; posterior spur of the protibia? ap- 

 parently a little longer and slightly stouter than the anterior, fre- 

 quently they appear to be quite equal in length, both are rather stout 

 and acute; first joint of the protarsi with the produced tip beneath 

 rather thick and bearing a small obtuse tuft of modified spinules, 

 groove not evident. 



Female. — licss than twdce as long as wide. Antenna^ reaching to 

 about the posterior fifth of the prothorax. Elytra quite suddenly 

 obliquely or vertically declivous posteriorly. Apex obtuse. Abdomen 

 horizontal, evenly and strongly convex. Anterior femora with a 

 small obtuse tooth, sometimes scarcely more than sinuate in outer 

 fourth ; posterior spur of the protibia a little longer and stouter than 

 the anterior, both are acute, moderately thick, and gradually narrowed 

 from the base; first joint of the protarsi slightly and transversely 

 produced at tip beneath, bearing a transverse tuft of spinules, which 

 is more or less acute, groove more or less obsolete. 



The male genital characters do not apparently show any racial 

 differentiation. 



J/aZe.— Edeagophore of the usual oblong-ovate form. 



Basale oblong, scarcely arched, and may be sparsely punctate 

 laterally at apex. 



Apicale rather broadly triangular, moderately depressed, surface 

 more strongly convex apically, with a median membranous groove in 

 apical half; sides rather straight to slightly arcuate; apex scarcely 

 produced and more or less deflexed, subacute; base broadly lobed at 

 middle, and sinuate laterally. (See Plate 1, fig. 19.) 



Sternite transverse. Each lobe with the external border more or 

 less evenly arcuate, and the internal short and straight to feebly 



