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Fiinicle fi-jointed. 
Second joint of ftinicle elongate, longer than the third, fourth joint smaller. 
Scrobes scarcely oblique, ini])inging against the inferior extremity of the 
eye; elytra wider at the base than the prothorax. 
Pubescence long, yellow and condensed in iiatches or hands on the upper 
surface; beak longer cratsefsi. 
Pubescence short, whitish, equally distributed ; beak shorter. .,vali<lus. 
Scrobes very oblique, directed beneath at a distance from the eyes; elytra 
s<aircely wider at the base than the prothorax. Plate vii, fig. 27. 
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Second and third joints of funicle equal, or nearly so. 
More robust; elytra suddenly wider at base, fourth joint of funicle small. 
Alteniate elytral interspaces narrow seriesetosiis. 
Interspaces equal, or nearly so. 
Pubescence dense, coarse l«niieiilo«iiliis. 
Pubescence fine, inconspicuous lafetns. 
Elongate species. 
Fourth joint of funicle shorter than the others. 
Larger; elytra scarcely wider at base than the prothoi-ax, latter not 
strongly rounded on the sides loii$i;iiliiK. 
Smaller ; elytra wider at ba.se than the jirothorax, latter strongly rounded 
on the sides riiliilu.s. 
Joints 4-6 of funicle equal. 
Larger; eyes very convex ; thorax very finely and densely punctured. 
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Smaller; eyes feebly con vex ; thoracic i)nnc,tures small and more remote. 
Funicle 5-jointed. Plate vii. fig. 28 i'eli<*lns. 
I*. Ci*ata*gi Walsh. — Elongate-oval, ferruginous, with a rather dull lustre, 
and clothed with long, yellowish pubescence. Beak not v^ery slender, punctured, 
and obscurely striate; scrobes scarcely oblique, impinging against the inferior 
margin of, and extending immediately below, the eyes, which are rather convex. 
Antennre: scape directed beneath the rostrum during repose, rather suddenly 
incrassate at its distal end ; first joint of funicle stout, elongate, second long and 
slender, longer than the third joint; fourth joint shorter than either of the 
others; club darker. Plead somewhat conical, convex, punctured and finely ru- 
gose; occiput thinly, interocular space densely clothed, with long, yellow pubes- 
cence; transversely impressed above the eyes; frontal fovea elongate. I’rotho- 
rax wider than long, sides broadly rounded, not strongly narrowed in front, 
broadly but feebly c.onstricted at the apex; surface coarsely and rather closely 
punctured; pubescence condensed along the entire median line. Elytra wider 
at base than the prothorax; humeri rounded; sides slightly rounded, more 
strongly so towards the apex ; striae wide, deeply imjn-e.ssed, more so towards the 
base; first and second, third and fourth, fifth and sixth striae confluent at the 
base; punctures large, deep, approximate; interspaces convex, rugose, third 
widened and somewhat protuberant at the base; pubescence condensed in small 
spots, patches or subtransverse lines; under surface punctured, pectus more 
densely, abdomen very sparsely and finely pubescent. Legs slender, thighs feebly 
clavate, armed with a broad, triangular tooth; tibiae slender, scarcely wider at 
TR.VNS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII. 
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SEPTEMBER, 1891. 
