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one and three-fourths times as wide as long, narrower in front than 

 behind, middle and base about equal in width; sides broadly arcu- 

 ately rounded from anterior margin to near base, then ieebly ob- 

 liquely expanded to the posterior angles, which are acute; anterior 

 margin feebly arcuately emarginate, with the median lobe broadly 

 rounded; base feebly bisinuate, with a very broad, feebly rounded 

 median lobe ; lateral margins very coarsely and irregularly crenulate 

 to near the posterior angles; surface with the reliefs finely and 

 densely granulose, and with a few very coarse irregularly placed 

 punctures; the depressions coarsely and densely punctate, each 

 puncture with a small round elevation, in the middle of which arises 

 a short inconsj)icuous hair, the depressions are also usually covered 

 with a dense pale yellow jjulverulence, which obscures the punctua- 

 tion. Scutellum transverse and denselj'^ granulose. Elytra slightly 

 wider than pronotum at base, arcuately expanded behind the humeral 

 angles, which are broadly rounded, parallel to just behind the mid- 

 dle, then arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are truncate and 

 feebly sinuate or emarginate; lateral margins very coarsely and 

 irregularly crenulate on the expanded basai parts, and entire pos- 

 teriorly; surface striato-punctate, the striae feebly impressed, and 

 the punctures dense and irregularly placed, the intervals obsoletely 

 granulose and interrupted by numerous punctured areas, and becom- 

 ing more or less rugose toward the sides. Abdomen beneath with 

 numerous irregular flattened elevations, and the depressions densely, 

 coarsely punctate, somewhat rugose, and becoming strongly scabrous 

 on the sides of the basal segments, the depressions are also rather 

 densely clothed with long recumbent cinerous hairs, and covered 

 with a pale pulverulence ; first segment broadly longitudinally sulcate 

 at middle ; last segment narrowly flattened at apex, broadly rounded 

 in the female and subtruncate and feebly sinuate in the male. Pros- 

 ternum not transversely concave along anterior margin, which is 

 feebly arcuately emarginate at the middle, and forming an obtuse 

 lobe on each side; surface sparsely and very coarsely punctate, and 

 sparsely clothed with long recumbent hairs; prosternal process broad, 

 feebly convex, and smooth at middle, with a deep marginal groove, 

 which is rather densely punctate and sparsely clothed with a row of 

 long erect cinereous hairs, sides parallel to behind the anterior coxal 

 cavities, then strongly attenuate and arcuately emarginate to the 

 apex, which is very broadly rounded. 



Length, 17-25 mm.; width, 6-iO mm. 



Castelnau and Gory (1837) originally described this species from 

 Santo Domingo under the name aurifera. This name being pre- 

 occupied by a species described by Oliver (1790) from Cayenne, 

 French Guiana, Saunders (1871) proposed the name aurata. Ker- 



