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jnterstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, lineii basali modice impresBu, margiue anteriori 

 fortiter reflexa, marf;iue basali profunde sinuata, angulis aeutis ; cb/tris pronoto vix 

 latioril)us, duplo loni^ioribiis, ad humeros latissimis, apices versus parum attenu- 

 atis, modice punctatis, iiiterstitiis glabris, castaneis, vittii longitudinali pallida 

 oruatis, stria suturali sat profunda, lateribus marginatis, apicibus late pallidis, 

 valde rotundatis ; pygidio castaneo ; pedibus atque antennis hete Havis, harum 

 articulo apicali abrupte truncate. 



Jiody oval, narrow, convex, very shining, clothed with pale hair, thorax flavescent, 



elytra castaneous, with a pale longitudinal vitta on each. 

 Jfead yellow ; eyes moderate ; antennae bright yellow, apical joint abruptly 



truncate. 

 Thorax flavescent. rather small, ovally rounded in front, minutely and remotely 



punctured, with the interstices smooth and verj- shining, basal line moderately 



deep, anterior margin strongly rellexed, basal margin deeply sinuated, with the 



angles acute. 

 Scntellum small, subtriangular. 

 Elytra scarcel}' broader, but twice longer than the thorax, widest at the shoulders, 



slightly attenuated posteriorly, moderately punctured, with the interstices 



smooth, castaneous, with a pale longitudinal vitta on each, sutural stria rather 



deep, sides margined, extremities much rounded and broadly pale. 

 Abdomen witli the pygidium exserted, castaneous. 

 Lfjis moderate, bright yellow. 

 Under parts castaneous. 

 Differs from A. fernifiatns in its rather narrower form, finer jiunctation, smaller 



thorax, pale vittje on the elytra, and abruptly truncate apical joint of the 



antenna?. 

 Habitat, Asia. Found in Syria, near Haifa (Eeitter). 



Arthrolips Fiorii. sp. a. 



L. c. ^5 lin. = 1"50 mm.— Ovatus, postice attenuatus, valde convexus, nitidus, 

 sat profuilde punctatus, pilis aureis vestitus, castaneus, margiue anteriori pronoti 

 flavescenti ; jyronoto magno, antice circulariter rotundato, late reflexo et pellucide 

 flavo, modice et remote punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, linea basali obsoleta, 

 margine basali fortiter sinuata, angulis aeutis ; eh/tris sat brevibus, pronoto 

 longioribus et parum latioribus, prope humeros latissimis, profundissime punctatis, 

 interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus sat late marginatis, apicibus vix rotundatis ; 

 abdomine longe exserto, segmentis duobus latis apertis, rufo-castaneo, profunde 

 puuctato ; pedibus atque antennis sat longis, robustis, hx'te flavis. 



Bod;/ ovate, attenuated posteriorly, very convex, shining, rather deeply punctured, 

 clothed with golden hair, castaneous, with the anterior margin of the thorax 

 flavescent. 



Head large, castaneous ; eyes large and very prominent, black ; antennae long and 

 robust, bright yellow. 



Thorax large, circularly rounded, much reflexed, and pellucid yellow in front, 

 moderately and remotely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, 

 basal line obsolete, basal margin strongly sinuated, with the angles acute. 



Sciitelliim rather small, obtusely triangular, jjunctured. 



Elytra rather short, longer and rather broader than the thorax, widest near the 

 shoulders, very deeply punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, 

 sides rather broadly- margined, extremities scarcely rounded. 



Abdomen much exserted, with two segments fully exposed, rufo-castaneous, dceplj' 

 punctured. 



Leys robust, rather long, bright yellow. 



