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where it terminates abruptly into an acute elevation, there is also 

 on each side of the groove at the posterior part of the front an ob- 

 solete nodule; surface densely, irregularly and deeply punctate, the 

 punctures very irregular in size, and becoming somewhat confluent on 

 the epistoma; intervals densely and obsoletely granulose; epistoma 

 broadly and feebl}^ emarginate, broadly rounded on each side of 

 the emargination, and with a short obtuse tooth at the middle; eyes 

 very large, rather acutely rounded at bottom, and nearly contiguous 

 on occiput. Pronotum strongly transverse and moderately convex, 

 two times as wide as long, slightly narrower in front than behind, 

 widest at base, with a distinct arcuate lateral carina, which curves 

 inward toward the transverse impression; sides feebly arcuately 

 rounded to the posterior angles, which are somew^hat projecting and 

 widely separated from the elytra (sometimes the sides are rather 

 strongly rounded at apical third, then feebly concave to the pos- 

 terior angles) ; anterior margin arcuately emarginate, with a feeble 

 median lobe ; base bisinuate, with the median lobe broadly and feebly 

 rounded; surface abruptly declivous at the sides, with a transverse 

 depression at the basal third, which is more deeply impressed on 

 each side, and densely, irregularly and coarsely punctate, the punc- 

 tures more elongate on the disk, and becoming somewhat confluent 

 and rugose toward the sides; intervals finety, densely granulose. 

 Scutellum triangular, all sides about equal in length. Elytra dis- 

 tinctly wilder than pronotum at base, and with a feeble, broad basal 

 depression ; sides broadly rounded at humeral angles, nearly parallel 

 to apical third, then arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are con* 

 jointly broadly rounded; lateral margins strongly serrate to middle; 

 base acutely lobed; surfaced without costae, densely, coarsely and 

 deeply punctate, the punctures somewhat irregularly placed, be- 

 coming nearly confluent at sides and on basal region; intervals 

 finely and densely granulose; each elytron ornated with aureo- 

 viridis spots as follows : An oblong spot at base near humeral angle ; 

 two round spots placed transversely at middle, one near the lateral 

 margin, the other on disk at middle; a round spot on disk at apical 

 third, slightly closer to the suture than the median spot; the suture 

 behind scutellum and near apex, and the lateral margin at humeral 

 angle and near apex is also sometimes aureo-viridis wdth a cupreous 

 tinge. Abdomen beneath moderately convex, sparsely and irregu- 

 larly punctate, the punctures shallow and becoming somewhat strio- 

 late on the sides of basal segment; intervals densely, obsoletely 

 granulose, and with an obsolete longitudinal impression behind each 

 puncture; last segment broadly truncate or obsoletely rounded at 

 apex, with the angles prominent, armed on each side with a tooth 

 in the female, and broadly and feebly angularly emarginate in the 

 male. Prosternum short, broadly truncate and strongly declivous 



