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longitudinal , naked and glossy wrinkles or ribs , the in- 

 terstices of which are furnished with brown scales and a 

 few minute whitish dots on a transverse line; a narrow 

 median keel does not quite reach the base. The anterior 

 margin of the prothorax has a somewhat brighter color 

 than the remaining portion and is provided with a rather 

 coarse punctuation. Tlie scutellum of a rounded triangu- 

 lar shape , brown. 



Elytra oblong-ovate, the shoulders oblique, prominent, 

 the apex rounded; they are covered with wide striae, 

 furnished with large , round and somewhat confluent punct- 

 ures, which gradually tend to become more elongated and 

 finally to disappear posteriorly. The interstices between 

 the striae narrow, those between the second and third, and 

 between the fourth and fifth rows more elevated, especially 

 the first which shows a small crest towards the middle , 

 and an elongated tubercle towards the posterior declivity 

 of the elytrum. The elytra are furnished with brown 

 scales and have a darker spot about the middle of the 

 back ; their inclined portion is darker too. They are pro- 

 vided with some whitish bands and minute dots in the 

 following manner: a short line at the base of the inter- 

 stice between the second and third striae; a flC shaped 

 figure on the suture towards the posterior declivity; a mi- 

 nute dot on a small tubercle at the end of the interstice 

 between the fourth and fifth striae, and a minute dot on 

 a similar tubercle between the sixth and seventh striae , 

 a little behind the middle of the elytra. The shoulders 

 smooth and apparently furnished with a wart which is 

 more or less prominent posteriorly. 



Under surface of the body covered with pale brown 

 scales , spotted with whitish scales on the three intermediate 

 segments of the abdomen. The metasternum of the cf 

 covered on the sides with large punctures, flattened and 

 furnished with a dense brown pubescence on the middle. 

 A similar pubescence covers the basal segments of the 

 abdomen and the posterior coxae. The metasternum of 



Notes frora tlie Leyden Museum, Vol. II. 



