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setse and spinnles more or less strongly ferruginous; ventral surface 

 distinctly i)ubescent. 



Head about twice as wide as long, frons frequently planate, or 

 more or less convex, broadly and shallowly impressed laterally, 

 frontal suture not evident, rather finely and not densely punctate, 

 punctures denser at the periphery, each with a short reclining seta. 

 Antenmt' long and moderately slender, outer four joints very feebly 

 compressed and scarcely dilated, third joint about equal to the next 

 two taken together, fourth to the seventh, inclusive, equal in length 

 and almost twice as long as wide, eighth shorter and subtriangular. 

 ninth and tenth suborbicular to feebly transversely oval, eleventh 

 ovate. 



Pronotwn, subquadrate, widest at or slightly in advance of the 

 middle, about one to two-sevenths wider than long; disc rather 

 strongly convex and more or less declivous at the apical angles, 

 quite obsoletel}^ to evenly and not densely punctulate, the punctules 

 slightly denser laterally ; ((pex truncate in circular arc to feebly 

 emarginate, more or less finely to obsoletely margined; sides evenly 

 and moderately arcuate in antei'ior two-thirds, more feebly so or more 

 or less straight behind the middle, converging to base, finely mar- 

 gined ; base truncate or feebly rounded and about equal in width to 

 the apex, finely margined ; apical angles obtuse and not prominent ; 

 basal angles obtuse and not in the least rounded, rarely minutely 

 prominent. 



PropJe\(r(v finely, sparsely, and obsoletely punctulate, more or less 

 feebly rugulose, most strongly on the acetabular convexities. 



Elytra elongate oval, smooth, widest usually at the middle; hase 

 truncato-emarginate and adapted more or less to the prothoracic base, 

 which it scarcely exceeds in width ; humeri obtuse, angle distinct 

 although small and not prominent ; sides evenly arcuate, apex not 

 broadly rounded ; disc slightly depressed and moderately convex on 

 the dorsum, strongly and not very broadly rounded laterally, arcu- 

 ately declivous behind ; surface striata-punctate, serial punctures small, 

 closely placed in moderately distant rows, interstitial punctules more 

 or less minute in a slightly irregular series, serial arrangement more 

 or less evident laterally and on apex. 



EpipleKrcv moderately wide, not dilated beneath the humeri and 

 gradually narrowing to apex, superior margins feebly visible at 

 humeri w^hen viewed from above; surface smooth, more or less con- 

 cave and obsoletely punctulate. 



Sterna more or less finely, densely, irregularly punctate and rugu- 

 lose, sparsely clothed with erect and rather long ferruginous hairs. 



Parapleurw more or less obsoletely and irregularly punctate. 



