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dented punctures, which encroach upon the borders of the 

 interstices, the latter smooth and flat but convex in their 

 apical portion ; the eighth and ninth stria much shortened 

 anteriorly, the ninth confluent with the lateral margin a 

 little Ijeyoiul the middle. Epipleurae very distinct as far 

 as the middle , excavated longitudiually. Pygidium conti- 

 nuous with the surface of the abdomen, with a deep trans- 

 verse farrow at the base and two arched furrows meeting 

 a little before the apex in a median angle directed towards 

 the centre. The uodersurface of the thorax and the sides 

 of the abdomen strongly punctulated. The posterior femora 

 inconsiderably widened, with the anterior and posterior 

 border margined. 



I have dedicated this curious species to the learned en- 

 tomologist , by whose intervention I have become acquainted 

 with it. 



Berlin, March 1880. 



Notes from the Leydew UVTiiseuin, Vol. IÏ. 



