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at the shoulders and near the suture. — Each elytron 

 shows three elevated longitudinal lines, rather indistinct 

 by the covering pile. — Posteriorly the elytra are trunca- 

 ted in a curved line; the sutural spines are small. 



This species is allied to R. vetusta Rits., but distinguish- 

 ed by the unusual size of the head , and having the elytra 

 less densely covered by the white pubescence, while the 

 granules are more numerous. 



I possess a single 9 specimen captured at Port Darwin, 

 N. Australia. 



N^otes from, the iLieyden Aluseum, Vol. VIII. 



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