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a deep centi'al furrow. Rostrum separated from the liead by a 

 narrow transverse furrow in front of each eye, but the furrows 

 not uniting dorsally, the gense produced laterally into a sharp 

 point, the upper surface with a broad and deep central impression 

 widening towards the apex, and a faint longitudinal impression on 

 each side at the base. Antenna; comparatively slender, with dense 

 pale scaling, the scape scarcelj^ reaching the eye, the funicle with 

 joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 slightly longer than 4, the terminal 

 joints as long as broad, the club with the two basal joints sub- 

 equal. Protliorax as long as broad, its sides subparallel from the 

 base to beyond the middle, then narrowed to the apex, rugose 

 above, with a deep central furrow which does not reach the base 

 or apex and a curved interrupted furrow on each side of it. 

 Scutellum distinct and circular. Elytra jointly emarginate in the 

 middle of the base, the shoulders prominent, the sides subparallel, 

 the striae broad and deep and with deep separated punctures, 

 which are clearly visible through the dense scaling, striae 1 and 2 

 and striae 3 and 4 converging together respectively at the base, 

 the intervals convex, 5 slightly elevated, 3 broadly costate 

 behind the middle, the costa terminating in a large rounded 

 tubercle at the top of the declivity, the setse pale sparse and 

 depressed. Legs with dense pale scaling, the corbels of tlio 

 posterior tibiae bare internally, joint 2 of the posterior tarsi about 

 as long as broad. 



Length, 7h mm. ; breadth, 4 mm. 



Btjkma : Euby Mines {Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum. 



21. Dermatoxenns quadrisignatus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, Avith uniform dense brownish-grey scaling, each 

 elytron with two large bare black patches on intervals 4 and 5, 

 one before the middle, tbe other on the declivity. 



Fig. 17. — Dcnnatoxcnus quadrisignatus, Mshl. 

 Head with a deep transverse basal impression, the eyes situated 



