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noticeably converging to apex. Intercoxal process of the abdo- 

 men flattened or more or less slightly concave. Anterior spur of the 

 protibise about one-third longer than the posterior; anterior tarsi 

 with joints distinctly grooved beneath, first joint very feebly and 

 transversely produced at the ventro-apical margin, with a small 

 transverse tuft of golden pubescence upon the same; the second joint 

 also has a smaller and similar tuft on the ventro-apical margin. 



Female. — Broadly oval. Antenna? reaching to the posterior fourth 

 of the pronotum. Elytra widest in basal fourth, sides rather strongly 

 arcuate and less noticeably converging to apex. Anterior spur of 

 the protibise about a fourth longer than the posterior and slightly 

 stouter; first joint of the protarsi not modifi*ed beneath. 



Measurements. — Males: Length, 10.5 mm.; width, 5.5 mm. Fe- 

 males: Length, 11.5 mm.; width, 6.0 mm. 



Genital characters., male. — Edeagophore of the usual oblong-ovate 

 form, elongate and feebly arched. 



Basale short, oblong-oval, evenly convex above w^ith the sides 

 evenly arcuate. 



Apicale elongately triangular and very feebly decurved apically; 

 surface evenly convex, obsoletely grooved along the median line; sides 

 with feeble lobes at basal fourth, thence feebly sinuate to apex, the 

 latter moderately produced and acute; base acutely lobed at the mid- 

 dle and feebly sinuate laterally. 



Sternite feebly transverse. Each lobe parabolically rounded, with 

 the surface feebly convex, sparsely punctate and setose, seta^ longer 

 on the apical margin and not dense. Sinus acutely triangular, mem- 

 brane not visible between the lobes. 



Female. — -Genital segment equilaterally triangular in outline when 

 the valves are adducted, small, setose, glabrous, and shining, not 

 strongly chitinized. 



Yalvula (Plate 4, fig. 17). — Dorsal plate suboblong, nearly three 

 times longer than wide and not defined from the apex, nearly plane, 

 finely and sparsely punctulate. punctures denser at apex, each with a 

 rather long, delicate, flying hair; external border somewhat straight 

 in basal half, evenly arcuate to apex; internal border more or less 

 sinuous; apex with the outer lobe obsolete, the internal not defined 

 from the general surface. Fossa and appendage obsolete. 



Supe?'wr pudendal 'membrane reaching to the apical third of the 

 valves and longitudinally rugulose. 



Ventrolateral surfaces evenly convex, not inflated nor excavated, 

 finelj'' and sparsely punctate, setose as above ; submarginal groove not 

 developed ; internal margins of the valves contiguous in basal fourth. 

 Genital fissure long and ievenly fusiform, not wide. Inferior puden- 

 dal membrane visible in basal half. 



