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thorax coarsely punctured ; elytra opaque , pubescent , each 

 elytron with a small bluish black spot at the middle. — 

 Length 4 lines. 



Head closely rugosely punctate, with a smooth central 

 longitudinal narrow space extending to the frontal tuber- 

 cles ; the latter very distinct , transversely oblique ; clypeus 

 narrowly transverse, thickened; labrum entire; two ter- 

 minal joints of the palpi swollen and dilated near the 

 apex ; antennae rather more than half the length of the 

 body , the first joint curved and thickened near the apex, 

 second joint less than half its size , third nearly double 

 the length of the two preceeding ones united , the follow- 

 ing gradually decreasing; thorax three times as broad 

 as long , anterior and posterior margin parallel , straight , 

 the latter obliquely rounded at the sides , these strongly 

 rounded and widened at the middle; surface with a deep 

 transverse depression at each side, interrupted at the middle 

 by another longitudinal more shallow depression which wi- 

 dens at the base ; disk closely covered with deep larger 

 and smaller punctures , shining ; scutellum covered with 

 long pubescence ; elytra widened behind , narrowly margined, 

 their surface very closely and rather finely punctured and 

 closely covered with pale fulvous pubescence; at the middle 

 and a little nearer the lateral than the sutural margin , 

 is a round bluish black spot; underside and legs shining, 

 pale fulvous or testaceous , claws divided or bifid nearly 

 to their base. 



Sastroides umcolor , n. sp. 



Entirely pale testaceous; head closely and finely punc- 

 tured; thorax irregularly and strongly punctured; elytra 

 shining , closely and finely punctured , covered with whitish 

 silky pubescence , their epipleurae narrow. — Length 4 

 lines. 



Head closely and finely rugose-punctate , the punctures 

 divided by a narrow smooth space; palpi less robust than 



JVotes from the Ley den Miuseuzn , Vol. VJ. 



