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Head nearly flat, with an obsolete depression on the front, and 

 a short longitudinal carina on the occiput; surface coarsely and 

 very densely punctate, the punctures variable in size and shape, 

 more or less confluent and from the center of each arises a moder- 

 ately long, fine erect hair, the intervals irregular in shape, with the 

 tops sharply defined; epistoma truncate or obsoletely emarginate 

 in front. Pronotum strongly transverse, not quite two times as 

 wide as long, distinctly narrower in front than behind, and widest 

 just behind the middle; sides obliquely expanded from the apical 

 angles to just behind the middle, where they are obtusely rounded 

 or angulated, then obliquely narrowed to near the posterior angles 

 where they are more parallel, the angles obtuse and slightly pro- 

 jecting beneath the elytra; anterior margin feebly arcuately emar- 

 ginate, with only an obsolete median lobe; base bisinuate with 

 the median lobe broadly anugalted; disk with a broad shallow 

 median depression, which is more or less longitudinally carinate 

 at middle; surface coarsely, densely, and deeply punctate, the punc- 

 tures much denser and somewhat confluent in the median depression 

 and at the sides, where they are more irregular in shape, and the 

 intervals forming a network of irregular alveolus areas, sparsely 

 clothed with a few short inconspicuous hairs. Scutellum small 

 and subquadrate. Elytra feebly convex, about as wide as pronotum 

 at base; humeral angles obtusely angulated; sides slightly expanded 

 behind the humeral angles, feebly sinuate at posterior coxae, nearly 

 parallel to the apical third, then arcuately attenuate to the tips, 

 which are conjointly broadly rounded, the lateral margins coarsely, 

 irregularly serrate posteriorly; each elytron with a feebly indicated 

 scutellar costa, and with two discal costae, which are smooth, straight, 

 and more distinct toward the base, the costae not more strongly 

 elevated than the intercostae, and separated from each other and 

 the suture by double rows of large deep rounded punctures, which 

 are variable in size, and more or less confluent, laterally the costae 

 are obscure, irregular, and interrupted by the punctures, which 

 are very deep, variable in shape and size, and forming a network 

 of alveolus areas, the suture, lateral margin, and tops of reliefs 

 with a few coarse, shallow punctures; humeri feebly developed. 

 Abdomen beneath finely and densely punctate, and clothed with 

 short recumbent hairs, the pubescence rather sparse on the median 

 parts but becoming denser toward the sides, the intervals smooth 

 and shining; first segment feebly convex and without a densely 

 pubescent median spot; last segment rather narrowly rounded at 

 apex. Prosternum strongly convex, surface densely punctate, the 

 punctures rather fine and more widely separated on the prosternal 



