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*68. castula : rotundata, couvexa, flavo-testacea, nitida ; anteti- 

 narum articulis duobus ultimis, prosterno toto pectoreque, 

 limbo laterali excepto, nigris; prothorace dorso subtilissime, 

 parce punctulato; elytris subtiliter punctato-striatis, hinc 

 inde sub-rugosis, pone basin distincte gibbosis, dorso nigro- 

 piceis, ad suturam obsolete ferrugineo-variegatis , plaga 

 dorsali utrinque ramulos duos latissimos in marginem emit- 

 tente; margine late explanato, praeter ramulos, dikite 

 flavescente-hyalino, reticulato. — Long. 13, lat. lU millim. 

 Patria: Gabon. A Dom. Deyrolle ad describendum missa. 



A. togatae primo intuitu simillima, major, prosterno toto 

 pectoreque, limbo laterali excepto, nigris, elytris dorso nigro- 

 piceis, remote, obsolete rugosis, ramulis lateralibus multo 

 latioribus, unde macula antica flava breviore, utrinque niagis 

 excisa, distincta. Caput flavo-testaceum, sub-nitidum, obsolete 

 punctulatum; vertice tenuiter canaliculato. Oculi ovati, modice 

 convexi, nigri. Antennae flavescentes, articulis duobus ultimis 

 nigris. Prothorax latitudine dimidio brevior, antice late, po- 

 sterius magis rotundatus, basi utrinque leviter sinuatus, dein 

 extrorsum nonnihil obliquus, lobo medio lato, parum producto, 

 apice truncato, angulis rotundatis; superne modice convexus, 

 flavo-testaceus, nitidus, subtilissime, parce punctulatus; mar- 

 gine late explanato, paruni hyalino, confertim reticulato. Scu- 

 tellum flavo-testaceum, nitidum, laeve, extus fusco-marginatum. 

 Elytra prothorace multo latiora et plus duplo longiora, antice 

 utrinque leviter sinuata, humeris antrorsum modice prominulis, 

 apice rotundatis; pone basin nonnihil rotundato-ampliata, pone 

 medium apiceque circulariter rotundata, superne convexa, pone 

 scutellum in gibbum brevem obtusum elevata, dorso toto 

 nigro-picea, ad suturam obsolete ferrugineo-variegata, minus 

 regulariter, subtiliter punctato-striata, obsolete, remote, trans- 

 versim rugosa, disco antico foveola parum profunda insculpta, 

 plaga dorsali extus medio rugula flava emarginata, ramulos 

 duos latissimos, nigros in marginem emittente, unum basalem, 

 postice fere in medio triangulariter ampliatum, alterum inter 

 medium et apicem, antice in medio rotundato-ampliatum; 

 margine late explanato, maculis duabus magnis flavis notato, 

 media magna, quam in A. notata breviore, nigredine ramu- 

 lorum utrinque excisa, apicali ut in specie memorata, minore. 



