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has ; pronoto nitidulo, sal magno el lato, ad basim la oigro-pii tilis 



dilutioribus, tuberculis parvis, ordinibus transversis jinuatia dispo ii 



ato, Lnterstitiia fortiter reticulatis, lateribus leviter marginatis, margine basali 

 arcuata, angulis latis, valde productis; elytria brevibas, valde attenuatis, capi 

 proiHitn 11, ,■ [ongioribua oeque latioribus, ad humeros latissimis, confertissime sed 

 indistincte asperatis, lateribue leviter marginatis, apicibus obtusis, angulis sutur- 

 alibus liaml rotundatis; abdomine longius exserto, rufo-piceo, alul pedibua 



atque antennis modicis, flavis. 



Body perfectly ovate, very convex, not Bhining, clotbed with very Bhorl golden hairs. 



bead and thorax uigro-piceous, elytra rufescent. 

 Head black, broad, rounded in front, indistinctly tuberculate; eyes small, not 



prominent; antennas moderate, yellow. 

 Thorax moderately shining, rather large and broad, widest at the base, nigro-piceous, 



with the angles paler, ornamented with small tubercles in wavy transverse 



rows, interstices Btrongly reticulate, sides faintly margined, basal margin 



arcuate with the angles broad and much produced. 

 Scutellum large, triangular, closely asperate. 

 / lytra short, much attenuated posteriorly, not longer or broader than the head and 



thorax, wid. -t at the Bhoulders, very closely but indistinctly asperate, sides 



faintly margini d, extremities obtuse with the sutural angles not rounded. 

 Abdomen much exserted, rufo-pieeous and alutaceous. 

 / gt moderate, yellow. 

 / r nd< r parti rufo-piceous, venter paler. 

 Differs from others in its perfectly oval form, and superficial sculpture; from /'. 



II. li, nica, to which it is closely allied, only in its darker colour and indistinct 



sculpture. 

 Habitat, Asia. Found in the Caucasus district by H. Leden (Eeitter). 



Trichopteryx lucida. 



/ . . i I . Matthi ws, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 129, 1884; Biol. Cent.-Amer. 



Col. ii. pt. i. p. 185, 1888. 



L. e. , 7 ,, lin. = <)-s7 mm. — Sat hrevis et lata poatice valde attenuata, convexa, 

 nitidissima, tranalucide castanea, pilis aun longiB, vestita : capite Bat magno, 



antice producto, minute et remote punctato; oculie magnis, valde prominentibus ; 

 noto -at magno, capite longiori el latiori, postiee valde dilatato, ad basim 

 latissimo, valde convexo, nitidiaaimo, tuberculis exiguis, remotis, interstitiisq 

 glabris, nitidissimis, ornato, lateribus leviter rotundatis, el late marginatis, margine 

 basali parum arcuata, angulis acutia, valde productis, dilutioribus ; elytrh sat brevi- 

 bus, postiee valde attenuatis, capite atque pronoto anguatioribus, hand longioribus, ad 

 bumeroe lati>>iini>, remote et irregulariter asperatis, lateribus fere rectis, apicibus 

 latis, rotundatis, dilutioribus; abdomine parum exserto, testaceo; pedibus sat 

 brevibus, Isete flavia ; antennis aat lougis, gracillimis, pallide flavis. 



Body rather Bhort and broad, much attenuated posteriorly, convex, very Bhining; 

 castaneoua and translucent, clothed with rathi c long golden hair. 



Head rathi r largi . i luced in front, minutely and remotely punctured ; eyes 1 i 



ami very prominent ; ante nine rather long, very slender, pale yellow. 



Thorax rather large, longer and broader than tie bead, much dilated posl :ly, 



widest at the 1m convex and very shining, ornam< nted with very min 



remote tubercles, interstices smooth and very sbinin . itlj rounded, 



and very broadly margined, basal margin rather arcuate with the angles ■■■. 

 and much produced, and pale. 



Scut, Hum moderate, triangular, moderately asperated. 



Elytra rather Bhort, much attenuated posteriorly, narrower and not longer than the 



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