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Head at extreme base with densf and not concealed ininc- 

 tures, these concealed elsewhere. Knstruni ra.ther stout, shorter 

 than prothorax, sides feebly incurved to middle : with dense 

 punctures, concealed on Ijasal third in female, on l)asal two- 

 thirds in male. Antennae moderately stout; scape inserted two- 

 fifths fritm apex of rostrum, the len<rth of five followinc: joints ; 

 tirst ji'int of funicle stouter and somewhat longer than second. 

 I'rutluirar convex, not much wider than lonsr, base almost 

 truncate, sides strongly rounded, apical third strongly diminish- 

 ing in width, with feeBle tubercular elevations across the 

 middle ; with a short feeble concealed median carina. Eh/tra 

 not twice the length of prothorax, and a very little wider, a])(>ut 

 once and one-half the length of greaitest depth ; Avith rows of 

 large, round but partially concealed (less so on sides than on 

 disc) punctures or foveae, somewhat interrupted by interstices; 

 these usually narrowei than iniuetures; l)ut subtuberculate in 

 places ; a small shining granule on each side of suture a.t b;i5e ; 

 apex trisinuate. Punctures of undei- xurfare entirely concealed, 

 but second segment of abdomen shallnwly transversely im- 

 pressed. Legs rather short and stout, fourth joint distinctly 

 longer than first, claAvs feebly separated. Length, 5 — 6J/ mm. 



The male has the rostrum shorter and stouter than in the 

 female, clothed to a greater exteht, and with the antennae 

 inserted rather nearer the apex. 



On the elytra the posterior declivity has the scales more 

 grey than brown, and at the liasal tliird tliere are also some 

 obscure greyish spots; there is usually an obsciu'e pale strijie 

 along the middle of the prothorax and a similar one on the 

 abdomen. There are also obscure greyish rings on the legs. 

 In addition to the ordinaiy scales there are some stouter setose 

 ones, rather more numerous on the abdomen and legs than else- 

 where, l)ut causing a fasciculate appearance on the prothoracic 

 aiul elytra! tubercular elevations. The elevaitions on the ])ro 

 thorax are very obtuse, and appear to be placed in two or three 

 feeible transverse series, but the individual tuljercles themselves 

 are often obliquely placed. On each elytron there is a larger 

 (but still obtuse) tubercle than elsewhere on the third inter- 

 stice, amd a somewhat smaller one on the fifth, forming (on 

 both elvtva) a transverse series of four at the summit of the 



