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nentibus, piinctatix, suhobsolete longitudinaliter riigatis. vertice crebre 

 sabtiliter punclato-corinceo, baai pube nigro-relnlina parce obsito cari- 

 nulaque laevi, nitidissima, posiice abbreviata pro parie bipartito; an- 

 tennae corpore fere duplo longiores, nigrae, scapo obconico, supra riigulis 

 transversis interdum obsoletis punctisque dispersisimpresso, lateraliter 

 e.rtits dense punctidato, basi modice excavato, art. 3 apice, 4-11 totis 

 .sulco carinuln acuta utrinque Umitato intus impressis ; thorax latitu- 

 dine maxima panlulum brecior, subhexagonus, riridi rel riolaceo-piir- 

 pureo micans, oureo vel coeruleo quandoque variegatus, basi paulo 

 constrictus et transversim sulcatus, sulco plicis nonnullis rugato, paulo 

 ante apicem subito augustatus. margine antico supra caput paululum 

 arcuatim prodiir ta, supra et lateraliter transversim subtiliter rugatus, 

 vittis duabus dorsalibus lotis, subtilissime punctato-coriaceis, nigro 

 velutinis, linea nitida, glabra, nujata sepuratis ornatus, lateribus tu- 

 berculo mammato parum producto, necnon gibba anteriore debili utrin- 

 que instructis, prosterna leviter striolato : scutellum triangulare, viiHdi- 

 coeruleo vel violaceo-purpureo micans, glabrum, punctato-coriaceum, 

 apice interdum transversim rugatuin, in medio longitudinis sulcatum: 

 elytra — ad humeros — thoracis basi latiora, lateribus sensim rectili- 

 neatim attenuatis, dein pàulo ante apicem magis obliquiter angustatis, 

 apice ipso obtuse acuminato in singulo, subtilissime punctato-coriacea, 

 violaceo-purpurea, vittisque quatuor riridibus, vel coeruleis, vel pur- 

 pureo-riolaceis ad apicem usque exlensis, duabus suturalibus, parallelis, 

 pube albida rel ochraceo-fulva transversim decumbente obsitis, duabus 

 externis, sub humeris ortis, obliquis, subdenudatis, parum nitidis con- 

 junctim ornata ; femora rufa, antica et média clavata, postica elongata, 

 sublinearia, apicem elytrorum paulo superantia, dimidio posteriore 

 nigro: tibiae nigrae posticae elongatae,comprcssae, apicem versus sensim 

 mediocriter dilatatae, margine infero pilis fuscis brevissime fimbriata; 

 tarsi postici subelongati, art. 1" caeteris simul sumptis paulo breviore; 

 corpus subtus viridi vel aureo-viridi micans, interdum coeruleo vnriega- 

 tum, subtilissime coriaceum pubeque albo-sericea leviter obnubilât um; 

 abdomen segmentis G compositum, segmenti penultimi margine postica 

 lunato, segmento ultimo apice truncato. — Long. 19-22 inill. — o ex. 

 9. Ântennae apicem elytrorum art. duobus ultimis tantummodo su- 

 perantes, art. 7-10 apice interno angulatim productis; femora postico 

 perparum breviora; abdomen segmentis 5 compositum, segmento penul- 

 timo haud velvix emarginato, segmento ultimo apice arcuato. — Long. 

 17-22 mill. — 6 individus. 



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