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tose fascia extending from suture to lateral margin and separated 

 from apex by an narrow glabrous area ; beneath piceous, with a pur- 

 plish and aeneous reflection. 



Head feebly convex; with four round nodules, two on the occiput 

 and two on the front, the anterior ones strongly cupreous, the front 

 longitudinally grooved from occiput to epistoma; surface sparsely 

 punctate, the punctures rather deep and becoming somewhat con- 

 fused behind the epistoma, the intervals nearly smooth; epistoma 

 slightly wider than the antennal cavities and broadly arcuately 

 emarginate in front. Antennae extending to about the middle of 

 pronotum; first joint short and feebly arcuate; second feebly clavate, 

 and slightly shorter than the first; third and fourth cylindrical, 

 slightly shorter and more slender than the second, and subequal in 

 length ; following joints strongly triangular. Pronotum evenly con- 

 vex, one and one-third times as wide as long at middle, slightly nar- 

 rower in front than behind, widest at about middle; sides broadly, 

 arcuately rounded; posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior 

 margin bisinuate, with a broadly rounded median lobe ; base nearly 

 truncate to elytral lobe, then turning obliquely backward, and 

 broadly truncate in front of scutellum. Scutellum finely and densely 

 granulose. Elytra about as wide as pronotum at base; sides feebly 

 expanded behind humeral angles, which are obtusely rounded, feebly 

 sinuate to behind middle, where they are broadly rounded, then ob- 

 liquely attenuate to the tips, which are separately, broadly rounded, 

 and finely dentate; humeri strongly elevated; surface broadly im- 

 pressed at base, with an obsolete, irregular costa on each elytron, 

 densely but not very deeply punctate, and strongly transversely 

 rugose, besides the cinereous pubescent designs, the surface is also 

 sparsely clothed witli inconspicuous black hairs. Abdomen strongly 

 convex, sparsely and finely punctate, the punctures shallow and con- 

 nected transversely by shallow, sinuate striae, the striae and punc- 

 tures much coarser at sides of basal segment and from each puncture 

 arises a short recumbent hair, and with a conspicuous white tomen- 

 tose spot on the sides of the third and fifth segments ; intervals finely, 

 obsoletely granulose; last segment broadly rounded at apex. Pros- 

 ternum feebly, transversely rugose, and densely granulose; pros- 

 ternal lobe broad, with the anterior margin broadly, arcuately emar- 

 ginate, and broadly rounded on each side of the emargination ; pros- 

 ternal process nearly flat, feebly attenuate posteriorly, and broadly 

 rounded at apex. Tarsal claws with a broad, obtuse tooth at base. 



Length, 8.5 mm. ; width, 2.3 mm. 



This species was described from Jamaica by Waterhouse and is 

 slightly larger (Qi^ mm.) than the one examined by the writer. The 

 above description was made from a specimen kindly loaned by the 

 British Museum and simply labeled "Jamaica." 



