22 HuPLIO >' l)T A. 



crassioribus, nigro-fuscis. Protliorax latiis, fransversus, 

 flavo-testaceus, parum nitidus, latitudine postica fere triplo 

 brevior, anti(;e profiincle, triangularitcr eniarginatus, la- 

 teribus late rotundatus, antice subtiliter scrratus, basi 

 ulrinque bi-sinuatus, ibiquc medio dentatus, extrorsum 

 sub-obliquus; dorso paullo convexus, postice evidenter . 

 antice subtilius, sat crebre punctulatus, medio trar^ver- 

 sim laevis, obscurioi-; margine valde explanatus, pro- 

 funde sub-remote |vunctatus. Sculellum mediocre, obso- 

 lete transversim striolatum, fusco-piceum , apice rotunda- 

 tum. Elytra antice singulalim sat profunde sinuata, pro- 

 tborace triplo longiora et basi ejus noniliil latiora, bu- 

 nieris sub-rectangulatis; pone basin oblique nonniliil amp- 

 liata, dein lateribus recta , a medio sensim angustata, 

 apice conjunctim late rotundata, supra convexa, medio- 

 criter, sat crebre, seriatim ])unctata, dorso antico obso- 

 lete bi-carinata, carina interiore interrupta, singulo mox 

 pone medium spina valida, breviore, quadricarinata in- 

 striicla; (lavo-testacea, parum nitida, ponc spinas plaga 

 magna, communi, dilute fusca. Corpiis subtus subti- 

 liter slriolatum, sordide flavo-testaceum , sub-nitidum, 

 Pedes concolores; tarsis dilatatis, subtus dilute brunneo- 

 spongiosis, unguiculis ferrugineis. 



5. bispinosa: sub-quadrata, modice convexa, sordide flavo- 

 testacea , sub-opaca; protborace dorso snbtiliter |)un- 

 ctato, postice plaga dilute brunnea ornato; elytris 

 dorso brunneis, confcrtim punctato-striatis, singulo bi- 

 carinato, pone medium spina longa, acutissima, in-^ 

 structo. — Long. 6, lat. 4| millim. 



Var. a plaga protboracis elytrorumque nigro-vire- 

 scentibus. 



Palria: Madagascar. Mus. Paris. et Mus. Dom. Reiche. 



Affinis certe Hopl. armigeroi , sed nonnibil minor, 

 prothorace disco obsoletius et remotius punctato, clyt- 

 rorum spina longiore, tenuiore, acutiore , ab illa benc 

 distincta. Caput subtiliter punctulatum. obscure flavo- 



