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to each other near the base; anterior margin strongly sinuate, the 

 median lobe rather strongly produced and broadly rounded ; base 

 angularly emarginate at middle of each elytron, with the median lobe 

 moderately produced, and broadly subtruncate in front of scutellum ; 

 disk rather strongly convex, broadly depressed at the sides poste- 

 riority, without distinct median depressions, but with sharply de- 

 fined, straight prehumeral carinae, extending forward to near middle 

 of pronotum; surface densely, finely, deeply, irregularly rugose, 

 rather densely, finely punctate between the rugae, and sparsely, uni- 

 formly clothed with short, semierect, white hairs. Scutellum not 

 transversely carinate, but with the surface feebly reticulate. 



Elj^tra about as wide as pronotum at base, subequal in width at 

 base and behind middle; sides slightly expanded behind base, 

 broadly, arcuately constricted in front of middle, broadly, arcuately 

 expanded behind middle, then obliquely narrowed to the tips, which 

 are separately rather broadly rounded and coarsely serrulate; sides 

 of abdomen rather broadly exposed above; disk feebly flattened 

 along the sutural margins, which are rather strongly elevated behind 

 the middle, and with broad, deep, basal depressions; surface densely, 

 finely imbricate-punctate, and sparsely clothed with short, incon- 

 spicuous hairs. 



Abdomen beneath densely, finely granulose, finely, densely marked 

 with transverse, crenulate lines, finely, rather densely punctate, and 

 sparsely, uniformly clothed with moderately long, recumbent, whit- 

 ish hairs ; first segment broadly, longitudinally depressed at middle, 

 the suture between first and second segments not indicated at the 

 sides ; last segment broadly rounded at apex ; vertical portions of the 

 segments rather densely clothed with recumbent, yellowish-white 

 pubescence; pygidium sparsely, coarsely punctate, longitudinally 

 carinate, but the carina not projecting at apex. Prosternum densely 

 granulose, more or less transversely rugose, finely, sparsely punctate, 

 and sparsely clothed with moderately long, semierect, white hairs; 

 prosternal lobe broad, moderately declivous, and broadly, arcuately 

 rounded in front; prosternal process broad, the sides parallel to be- 

 hind the coxal cavities, then broadly subtruncate to the median tooth, 

 which is acute. Tibiae slender, slightly arcuate, each one of the an- 

 terior and middle pairs armed with a small tooth on inner margin at 

 apex. Posterior tarsi slightly longer than tibiae, the first joint as 

 long as the following two joints united. Tarsal claws dissimilar, an- 

 terior and middle pairs cleft near the tip, the teeth acute and nearly 

 equal in length; posterior pair cleft near middle, the inner tooth 

 shorter than the outer one, and not turned inward. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having front of head broader 

 and cupreous, the tibiae unarmed at apices, the first abdominal seg- 

 ment strongly convex at middle, and the tarsal claws similar on all 



