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punctures separated by less than their length; intervals convex, 

 with very fine, quite close punctures bearing extremely short, fin p. 

 setae visible in glancing light. Scutellura small, elongate, flat, with 

 two small punctures basally. 



Sternum: Coxae of mesosternum widely separated, the distance 

 between them barely more than the length of trochanter of middle 

 leg; mesosternum between the coxae with sharply margined, slightly 

 depressed area shaped like an inverted pear, with a wide, deeply 

 eroded line around the larger forward end of the pear, the median 

 area sloping forward into a wide, deep pit or fovea, the pit sharply 

 margined laterally and anteriorly; this intercoxal area relatively 

 smooth posteriorly and separated from the metasternum by a trans- 

 verse carina. Metasternum with a more or less pentagonal flat 

 area, with a deep, wide eroded line around each middle coxa, and 

 with a similar, long, deeply eroded midline, this latter separated anteri- 

 orly from the coxal lines by a smooth area equalling its own width; 

 the pentagonal area otherwise everywhere with well-separated fine 

 punctures and with three or four coarse punctures immediately 

 behind each mesocoxa ; a very large, deeply eroded, anteriorly strongly 

 arcuate area extending almost to sides in front of posterior coxae. 



Abdomen: The first three of four visible segments longer at sides 

 than middle, terminal segment slightly longer at middle; last three 

 segments bordered anteriorly by series of longitudinal carinae en- 

 closing square or rectangular punctures or pits, those of the anterior 

 segment uniform from side to side, enclosing square punctures, those 

 at middle of the next twice as long as preceding and gradually much 

 longer at sides, those of the terminal segment long at middle and de- 

 creasing in length toward sides; surface of first two visible segments 

 with scattered, very moderate, shallow punctures at middle to coarse 

 at sides. Posterior edge of the segments bordered at middle by a 

 row of close-set smaller punctures that become very close, deep, and 

 very coarse at extreme sides, this area appearing undercut by the 

 punctures; third visible segment smooth except for two or three 

 punctures at extreme sides; terminal segment and most of pygidium 

 apparently eaten on one side by a dermestid but remainder of segment 

 with scattered moderate punctures. 



Legs: Anterior tibiae normal, sharply tridentate, the middle tooth 

 slightly nearer apical tooth, the basal tooth equidistant from base to 

 tip of apical tooth. Spur slender, acuminate, not as long as first tooth. 

 Tarsi missing from all legs of the unique holotype. Anterior femur 

 with perimarginal groove; surface with close, shallow, moderate 

 punctures bearing extremely short, fine, almost invisible setae. 

 Trochanter moderately large, ventrally concave. Middle and hind 



