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of punctures, very feebly impressed ; punctures somewhat coarse, 

 sparsely and irregularly placed, more closely so at the periphery. 

 Antennce moderately slender and moderate in length, scarcely attain- 

 ing the prothoracic base, feebly compressed and A^ery slightly dilated 

 in outer four joints, the third joint equal in length to the next two 

 taken together, fourth apparently very slightly longer than the fifth, 

 5-8, inclusive, subecjual in length, eighth feebly triangular and about 

 as wide as long, ninth and tenth orbicular or feebl}' transversely oval, 

 eleventh short-ovate. 



Pronotiim subquadrate, widest at about the middle, about one- 

 seventh wider than long; disc moderately convex, more arcuately and 

 strongly so at the sides, finely and rather sparsely punctulate, punc- 

 tures scarcely at all denser laterall}^; cvpex subtruncate in circular 

 arc, and hnel}^ beaded ; Hides rather evenly but not strongly arcuate 

 when viewed from above, slightl}' narrowed posteriorly and finely 

 beaded ; baxe feebly rounded and less finely beaded, about one-sixth 

 wider than the apex; apical angles not in the least prominent 

 anteriorly, scarcely at all rounded and not acute; basal angles obtuse 

 and not rounded. 



Pro pleura' .smooth and more or less sparsely and obsoletely punc- 

 tulate, rugulose. 



Elytra elongate oval, widest at the middle; base very feebly 

 emarginate, scarcely wider than the contiguous prothoracic base ; 

 humeri obtuse, not prominent nor rounded ; sides evenly arcuate, apex 

 rather narroAvly rounded and not produced ; disc convex and quite 

 evenly rounded at the sides, arcuately declivous and rather obliquely 

 attenuate posteriorlv; surface finely, sparsely, and irregularly punc- 

 tulate, sometimes scarcely serially arranged, the punctures slightly 

 denser at the sides and on apex, never asperate, scarcely subgranulate 

 at times. 



E-piijleara' moderately narrow beneath the humeri, very gradually 

 and evenly narrowing to apex ; surface finely, sparsely, and obsoletely 

 punctate, sometimes feebly rugulose. 



Sterna not coarsely rugose and more or less punctate. 



Paraplemxe rather sparsely but distinctly and not coarsely i^unc- 

 tate. 



Abdomen horizontal, sparsely punctulate and more or less rugu- 

 lose, smooth, and shining. 



Legs moderate in stoutness and length, not densely sculptured, 

 most so on the tibia^; anterior femora mutic in the sexes; tibial spurs 

 subequal; tarsi as in gigantea. 



Male. — Elongate and quite fusiform. P]lytra gradually narrowed 

 in apicul third, evenly, gradually arcuately declivous posteriorly; 

 abdomen moderately convex, more or less broadly and not strongly 



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