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apicc conjunctim triinciiln, angulis lateralibus parum ro- 

 tuntlatis; supra paullo convcxa, punctis parvis, valdc 

 reinotis, in dorso interiore sub-seriatis inipressa, obscure 

 a^nea, sub-opaca, intercluni obscure cupreo-niarginata. 

 Corpus subtus obscurc ccneuni, nititluin, lateribus parce 

 punctulatum. Pedes cupreo-ofnei , nitiHi, obsolete et re- 

 njote punctulati. 



13. coracina: sub-quadrata, paullo convexa, obscure ni- 

 gro-a^nea , sub-opaca; protliorace lateribus late rotun- 

 clato, basi sub-recto, supra siib-depresso , disco obso- 

 lete, remole punctulafo, basi tenuiter canaliculato; 

 elytris remote, sub-seriatim punctulatis, apice trun- 

 catis; bumeris bicvioribus, lateraliter minus extensis, 

 validis, apice rellexis. — Long. 14, lat. lO^ millim. 



Palria: Babia Mus. Reg. Herol.; Brasilia Dom. Fahr^US, 

 Mus. Reo'. Holm. 



Magnitudo, statura et summa siniilitudo prcccetlen- 

 tis, scd aliler colorata, protborace antice latiore, angiilis 

 posticis magis acutis, tlorso obsoletissime , remote pun- 

 ctulato, bumeris multo brevioribus, ab illa certe di- 

 stincta. Caput obsolete rugoso-punctatum , nigro-aiueum , 

 glabrum, medio longitudinaliter canaliculatum ; oculis 

 ovatis, modice convexis, glaucis. Aiitennae obscure cenece, 

 extrorsum fnsco-piibescentes. Protliorax obscure nigro- 

 a^neus, sub-opacus, laliludine postica du plo brevior, apice 

 sat profiintle rotundato-emarginatus, angulis quam in T. 

 truncata n)agis obtusis, lateribus antice late rotundatis, 

 pone medium versus basin sub-rectis; postice utiintjue 

 bi-sinualus, angulis acutis, retrorsum productis; supra 

 sub-depressus, dorso obsolete, remote punctulatus, a basi 

 ultra medium tenuiter canaliculatus, interdum iu medio 

 foveolis quatuor, parvis, quadratim positis insculptus. 

 Scutellum la^vc, similiter coloratum. Elytra protliorace 

 triplo longiora et basi ejns nonniliil latiora, sub-qua- 

 drata, antice singulatim leviter sinnata, bumeris latcra- 

 liter extensis, tjtiam in pra^cedenti dimidio brevioribus, 



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