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rowed from base to middle and 

 slightly dilated at apex ; scape 

 more slender and strouiiiy bent . . setulifer, Desbr., p. 312. 



39 (38) Elytra brown, sette mnch longer 



and more erect; rostrum strongly 

 narrowed from base to middle and 

 scarcely dilated at apex ; scape 

 less slender and less strongly bent, consocius, sp. n., p. 313. 



40 (37) Protliorax not broader than iong, 



about as long as the head and 

 rostrum together. 



41 (42) Scape very slender Jiud rather ab- 



ruptly clavate ; elytra at shoulders 

 twice as broad as greatest width 

 of protliorax ; protliorax green 

 with three black stripes, elytra 

 black with three transverse green 

 patches , hoviei, sp. n., p. 313. 



42 (41) Scapecomparatively stout, gradually 



thickened ; elytra at shoulders not 

 twice as broad as prothorax. 



43 (44) Prothorax green with three black 



stripes, elytra green variegated 

 with black spots ; dorsal outline of 

 elytra convex, the sette long, sparse 

 and erect jjretiosris, Fst., p. 314. 



44 (43j Upper surface of protliorax and 



elytra brown ; dorsal outline of 

 elytra almost flat from base to 

 beyond middle, the seta? short, 

 more numerous and curved simple.x, Fst., p. 314. 



45 (16) Joint 1 of funicle not longer than 2. 



46 (55) Two basal joints of funicle equal, 



47 (48) Prothorax and elytra, entirely with- 



out scales, sparsely clothed with 

 short hairs and long erect set* ; 

 prothorax very strongly convex 

 longitudinally, the basal one-fourth 

 much depressed desquamatus, sp.u., p. 315. 



48 (47) Prothorax and elytra clothed with 



scales ; prothorax only slightly 

 convex longitudinally. 



49 (52) Width of forehead not greater than 



the length of the eye ; rostrum 

 almost as long as the basal width, 



50 (51) Ground-colour testaceous or piceous 



brown ; elytra with short curved 

 suberect setfe ; joint 1 of antennal 

 club as long as broad zeylanicus, sp. n., p. 315. 



51 (50) Ground-colour black ; elytra with 



long erect curved setfe ; joint 1 of 



club strongly transverse . kispidus, sp. n., p. 316. 



52 (49) Width of forehead evidently greater 



than the length of the eye. 



53 (54) Eostrum about as long as broad, 



the apical emargination forming 

 a right angle ; front margin of 



