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may well be called spikes. Next comes a row of seven knobs, 

 and next to the suture is a tliird row of four knobs, these last 

 being placed rather irregularly. The sides are nearly Hat, and 

 are quite smooth, so that when the insect is viewed in profile, 

 the smooth, shining side and the back, which is studded with its 

 eight-and-twenty projecting tubercles, are curiously contrasted. 

 The legs are long, black, and deej^ly wrinkled. 



Two species of this genus are known, both of which aie 

 in the British Museum. One is the insect which has just been 

 described, and the other is Gagatophorus Boisduvalii. In general 

 appearance these two insects are very much alike, but the latter 

 is more slender in proportion to its size. 



