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concavity scarcely produced. Jaws black. Antennae fulvous, less 

 than half the length of the body, the first joint thickened, 

 slightly curved, second joint short, pyriform, third, more than 

 twice as long, rest of the joints shorter and slightly thickened, 

 the terminal joint rather blunt at its apex. Thorax about twice 

 as broad as long, the sides moderately rounded, anteriorly 

 much deilexed, surface irregularly but distinctly and rather 

 closely punctured. Scutellum very broad, almost squareshaped , 

 impunctate. Elytra convex, the sides from the base to the middle 

 greatly dilated and at the same time flattened, each elytron 

 with ten rows of deeply impressed but finely punctured striae, 

 distinct to the apex, the sixth to the ninth striae commencing 

 below the shoulder of which the 8.*'' and 9.*^ are the shortest; 

 the 10."' is much curved at its base; and two other very short 

 striae are placed, one near the scutellum the other near the 

 outer margin at its base ; elytral epipleurae very broad , con- 

 cave and continued to the apex. 



Java, Tcibodas (0. Beccari); Singapore (the Marquis Doria). 



51. Greloptex'a. A-llber*tis;ii. 



Oblong, obscure aeneous; antennae and legs fulvous; head 

 and thorax closely punctured, the latter with some smooth 

 raised spaces; elytra subpunctate-striate , transversely rugose, 

 the sides tuberculate, apex costate. 



9 . larger, sides of the elytra very strongly tuberculate. 



Length 3-4 lines. 



Head closely punctured and subrugose , the epistome trans- 

 verse, separated from the face by a small tubercle at each side, 

 its surface closely punctured, the anterior margin three-sinuate; 

 labrum fulvous; antennae slender, two-thirds the length of the 

 body, the third joint double the length of the second, the two 

 or three apical joints obscure fuscous. Thorax transverse, the 

 sides rounded, the lateral margins obsoletely undulate or si- 

 nuate, surface closely and strongly subrugose-punctate , with 

 two or more raised smooth spaces immediately below the middle 



