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Clypevis semicircular, slightly emarginate ; body hlaclc, 



very shining; intervals of elytra coriaceous mocstiis. 



Clypeus semicircular, hardly emarginate; body Ijronzc; 

 intervals of elytra raised, sub-coriaceous illotus. 



Clypeus semicircular, slightly emarginate, gcuic sub- 

 auriculate; body black; intervals of elytra with two 

 series of granules inops. 



Clypeus very deeply incised in front with the angles 

 sharp, slightly reflexed; gena; strongly auricnlate ; l)ody 

 black, with the elytra red probiis. 



Clypeus sharply acuminate and not emarginate at tip, 1 



"genas diagonal ; body fuscous green ; intervals of elytra 



plane and finely aciculate litigiosns. 



Clj^eus semicircular, not emarginate at tip, geufe 

 diagonal ; body black ; intervals of elytra convex and 

 having each two series of setigerous granules discrepans. 



Clypeus dentate laterally in the middle, deeply incised 

 at tip with the angles dentate, gense also dentate ; body 

 seneous ; elytra with a lateral and an apical testaceous 

 bands piidens. 



•C. No cephalic horn, but occasionally a very faint basal 

 tubercle ; prothorax with a more or less cuboidal 

 thoracic elevation anteriorly. 

 a\ A frontal transverse carina. 



Prothoracic elevation vertical, projecting and carinate 

 at tip ; clypeus recurved in the male (pi. xxxvi., 

 fig. 10) columella. 



Prothoracic elevation merely indicated by a small 



impression surmounted by a lateral tubercle . . . . carhonarius. 



a-. No frontal transverse carina. 



Prothoracic elevation not carinate, but sharply 



angular on each side (pi. xxxvi., figs. S, 9) .. .. crccsulns. 



Prothoracic elevation compressed anteriorly in a 



vertical carina aculeate at tip cupricollis. 



Prothoracic elevation broadly diagonal and sloping on 



each side, the two tubercles lateral (pi. xxxvi., fig. 6) plcbejus. 



ft'. A basal transverse carina. 



Clypeus rounded; carina very high, as high as the 

 median rounded lobe of the anterior part of the 

 prothorax .. fcrrucjincus. 



B'. Metasternum strongly aculeate at tip. Sexes similar, 

 apical spur of female curved inwardly at tip. 

 a". Two long decumbent cephalic horns. 



