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asperities on the pronotum, but without very conspicuous pubescent 

 markings on the elytra. 



DORCASTA GRACILIS, new species 



Elongate, very narrow, subcylindrical, and similar in form to 

 Eippopsis leTTiniscatus Fabricius. Above and beneath brownish 

 black, feebly shining, and the upper surface ornamented with 

 longitudinal, yellowish-white pubescent vittae. 



Head in front very long, and inflexed, feebly convex, antennal 

 tubercles approximate at base, and moderately elevated, surface 

 rather densely, coarsely, irregularly punctate, rather densely 

 clothed with moderately long, recumbent, whitish pubescence, with 

 a few long, erect, black setae intermixed, and ornamented on each 

 side behind the eyes with two obsolete, longitudinal, pale yellow, 

 pubescent vittae; eyes very small, round, and feebly emarginate. 

 Antenna as long as the body, robust, uniformly black, densely 

 clothed with short, recumbent pubescence, and rather densely clothed 

 beneath with very long, erect, black hairs; first joint cylindrical, 

 subequal in length to the fourth joint, which is slightly longer than 

 the third, the following joints gradually diminishing in length. 



Pronotum cylindrical, slightly longer than wide, and subequal 

 in width at base and apex; sides parallel; disk strongly convex; 

 surface coarsely, rather densely, deeply punctate, sparsely clothed 

 with short, recumbent, inconspicuous pubescence, with numerous 

 long, erect, black setae, and ornamented on each side with two 

 narrow, longitudinal, pale yellow pubescent vittae. Scutellum 

 small, triangular, and broadly rounded at apex. 



Elytra four times as long as pronotum, widest at apical fourth, 

 and at base subequal in width to the pronotum; sides feebly di- 

 verging from base to apical fourth, then arcuately narrowed to the 

 tips which are conjointly, very deeply, arcuately emarginate, forming 

 a long, acute tooth at lateral angle of each elytron; disk strongly 

 convex; surface vaguely rugose, coarsely, deeply punctate, the 

 punctures arranged in rows and distinctly separated, sparsely clothed 

 with short, recumbent, inconspicuous pubescence, with numerous 

 long, erect, black setae, and each elytron ornamented with two 

 narrow, longitudinal, pale yellow pubescent vittae, alternating with 

 two similar vittae of sparsely placed, whitish hairs. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely punctate, or granulose, and 

 rather densely clothed with long, recumbent, whitish pubescence; 

 last segment broadly subtruncate at apex. Prosternum coarsely, 

 densely punctate, sparsely clothed with recumbent, whitish pubes- 



