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consequently meet. Elytra flat, pxiltcseent, parallel, with no costae ; 

 the surface thickly studded with very minute obtuse tubercles. 



Dexoris insignis. 

 (PlateXVIII.fig.il.) 



Waferh., T)-<ms. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 117. 



Ochraceus, subvelutinus ; antennis basin versus obscurioribus : 

 thorace trapezoidali, antice rotundato, subnitido, supra in jjartes 

 tres diviso ; scutello basi angustato, apice fere bilolio ; elytris pa- 

 rallelis, depressis, tuberculis miuutis obtusis crebre adspersis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



Dull ochraccous, appearing velvety. Head longitudinally im- 

 pressed above ; eyes black ; antennsie thickest at the third joint, 

 gradually tapering to the apex, brown at the base, becoming yellow 

 towards the tip. Thorax transverse, somewhat rounded in front, 

 rather straight at the sides ; above with a well-marked oblique carina 

 on each side, reaching from the middle of the hind margin to the 

 anterior margin just above the eye. Scutellum narrowed at the 

 base, deeply notched at the apex. Elytra flat, velvety, closely beset 

 with minute blunt tubercles. 



