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Head feebly convex, with a broad, deep longitudinal depression 

 on the front, which is rather broadly and deeply silicate at the mid- 

 dle, the sulcus becoming narrow and feebly impressed on the occiput ; 

 surface sparsely, coarsely and very irregularly punctate, the punc- 

 tures variable in size, but becoming denser and finer along the mar- 

 gins of the eyes,, also sparsely clothed with short cinereous hairs, 

 especially along the eyes; epistoma broadly and very deeply arcu- 

 ately emarginate in front, forming an obtuse tooth on each side of 

 the emargination, Pronotum slightly more than one and one-half 

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

 near apical third ; sides arcuately expanded to near the apical third, 

 where they are broadly rounded or feebly angulated, then very feebly 

 narrowed or parallel to the posterior angles, which are nearly rec- 

 tangular; anterior margin arcuately emarginate, with an obsolete 

 broadly rounded median lobe; base bisinuate, with the median lobe 

 broadly rounded; surface with numerous irregular variable depres- 

 sions at the sides and with two rather shallow longitudinal sulci at 

 the middle, densely and irregularly punctate in the depression, the 

 punctures irregular in size and shape, and becoming confluent at 

 some places, the intervals finely, densely granulose, and with a few 

 large remotely placed punctures. Scutellum very small and rounded. 

 Elytra moderately convex, slightly wider than the pronotum at base ; 

 humeral angles obtusely angulated; sides broadly arcuatel}'- ex- 

 panded behind the humeral angles, sinuate at the posterior coxae, 

 then arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are rather acutely 

 rounded, with a short acute tooth at the sutural margin, the lateral 

 margins feebly serrate posteriorly. Each elytron with four more 

 or less distinct longitudinal costae; the first rather broad, entire, 

 extending along the suture and strongly expanded anteriorly, where 

 it is connected to the suture and second costa; second costa formed 

 by a series of four broad irregular reliefs, sometimes connected to 

 each other by a slender smooth elevated line, and the two posterior 

 reliefs connected to the first costa ; third costa narrow, beginning at 

 the humeral callosity and extending into a broad relief, situated 

 midway between the third and fourth reliefs of the second costa, and 

 connected to the fourth costa; fourth costa very narrow, not inter- 

 rupted, without broader reliefs, extending from the humeral callos- 

 ity to near the apex, and following the outline of the lateral margin ; 

 the reliefs smooth, with a few scattered fine punctures; depressions 

 finely and densely punctate, the punctures becoming more or less 

 confluent, and finely rugose. Abdomen beneath finely and very 

 irregularly punctate, in some areas the punctures are more or less 

 longitudinally confluent, sparsel}' clothed with moderately long, fine, 

 cinereous hairs, and the intervals smooth and shining; first segment 

 broadly but feebly longitudinally sulcate at middle; last segment 



