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Of naiTOw and elongate shape, Ihe hcad impunctate, the 

 frontal elevations distinct, transverse, eyes large, antennae 

 extending to the apex of the elytra, black, the basal two joints 

 flavous, the second very small, monihform, the following joints 

 sHghtly curved, the apex of each pvodiiced into a poiut, the 

 lower edge furnished with a fringe of hairs, thorax subquadrate, 

 scarcely broader than long, slightly narrowed at the base, the 

 disc transversely sulcate, the impression not extending quite to 

 the sides, impunctate, scutelliini rather broad; elytra fulvous, 

 very niinutely and rather closely punctured; below flavous, the 

 legs slender, tibiae unarmed, the first Joint of the posterior tarsi 

 elongate, anterior cavities closed, last abdominal segment of the 

 male with the median lobe transverse, flat and straight at the 

 oiitcr margin. 



Closely allied io P. curcicorne Jac. but of more slender 

 and narroMcr sha}>c, the thorax much less transverse, the an- 

 tennae longer and of dilfercnt colour: in the female, the antennae 

 are much shorter, the joints are straight and the thorax is more 

 transverse, the base of the head is also stained M-ith piceous. 



Platyxantha laevipennis sp. n. 



Pale fulvous, antennae slender, the terminal Joint black, 

 thorax transversely sulcate, impunctate, elytra smooth and im- 

 punctate. 



Length 6 mill. 



Head rather broad, -impunctate, dceply transversely grooved 

 between the eyes, the latter large, oblong, frontal elevations 

 highly raised, transverse, carina acute, apex of the mandibles 

 black, antennae nearly extending to the apex of the elytra, 

 fulvous, the last Joint black, all the joints (the second one 

 excepted) of nearly equal length, the lower ones slightly curved: 

 thorax nearly twice as broad as long, slightly narrowed at the 

 base, the anterior angles slightly thickened, the surface entirely 

 impunctate, with a rather shallow transverse sulcus, not extending 



Stett. entomo). Zoit. 1903. 



