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occiput not longitudinally carinate; surface coarsely, deeply and 

 densely punctate, the punctures nearly confluent, smaller towaixi the 

 sides and forming numerous smooth, vermiculate reliefs, sparsely 

 clothed with rather long, fine, erect hairs; epistoma truncate in 

 front. Pronotum strongly transverse, nearly two times as wide as 

 long, distinctly narrower in front than behind, widest at basal third; 

 sides strongly obliquely expanded from apical angles to basal third 

 where they are obtusely angulated, then obliquely attenuate to near 

 the posterior angles, which terminate into an acute angle and pro- 

 jecting beneath the base of the elytra; anterior margin arcuately 

 emarginate, with a feebly angulated median lobe ; base rather strong- 

 ly bisinuate, with the median lobe broadly angulated in front of the 

 scutellum; disk feebly flattened, with a broad, shallow, triangular 

 depression at the middle, and sometimes with an obsolete longitudinal 

 median carina, the sides are broadly declivous toward the apical 

 angles and more narrowly so along the base toward the posterior 

 angles ; surface coarsely, deeply and densely punctate, the punctures 

 irregular in size, irregularly placed, distinctly on the disk but becom- 

 ing more confluent on the antero-lateral areas, the intervals sub- 

 opaque and obsoletely granulose, there is also a very short erect obso- 

 lete hair in the middle of the punctures. Scutellum very small, sub- 

 quadrate, wider behind than in front, strongly convex and shining. 

 Elytra feebly convex, slightly wider than pronotum at base ; humeral 

 angles broadly rounded; sides feebly expanded behind the humeral 

 angles, slightly sinuate at the posterior coxae, nearly parallel to the 

 apical third, then broadly arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are 

 conjointly broadly rounded, the lateral margins coarsely serrate 

 posteriorly ; each elytron with a distinct scutellar costa extending to 

 about the basal fourth, and four other strongly elevated costae, first 

 and second costae more distinct, enlarged anteriorly and joined to 

 the base, the third beginning behind the humeral callosity, and the 

 fourth parallel to the lateral margin and separated from it by a 

 row of large, irregular transverse punctures, the costae separated 

 from each other by two rows of large, deep punctures, which are 

 more or less confluent, and with the intercostae not elevated, the 

 costae and intercostae with a few remotely placed punctures and 

 the sutural and lateral margins rather densely punctate; humeri 

 feebly developed. Abdomen beneath rather finely and densely 

 punctate, and sparsely clothed with moderately long pale recumbent 

 hairs; first segment convex at middle and with a densely punctured 

 and pubescent median spot ; last segment declivous toward the apex, 

 which is obtusely angulated. Prosternum strongly convex, surface 

 coarsely densely punctate, rather densely clothed with long fine erect 

 hairs, and the intervals obsoletely granulose ; anterior margin nearly 

 truncate, in some specimens with an obsolete lobe on each side; 



