(Paje 215) 

 flatly convex, closely related to .;r£ni:9ra . but larger and more robuet, 

 of lighter color and v.lth longer antennae, of which the next-last joints 

 are not broader than long; further reco^nizeable by the sex-charactere 

 of the ^ . 



Pitch-black or pitch-brown, finely haired; forebody with feeble shine, 

 abdomen rather glistening; pronotum often reodish-brov.n; elytra brovdnish- 



yellow; — (Page 22C) 



tip of abdomen and posterior margins of its foremost joints reddish or 

 yellowish brown; antennae brown or rust-red, their base, mcuth-parts and 

 legs reddish-yellow. 



Head, pronotum and elytra very finely shagreened in surface and there- 

 fore with feeble or dull shine; the head narrower than pronotum, broadly 

 rounded, with scarcely protruding eyes, rather robust and rather dense 

 punctation, in the o^ of tan slightly impressed at niidle; antennae lon^ 

 and rather robust, scarcely thickened distally, ineir third joint lon- 

 ger than the second, both elongate, and in the o as well as the fourth 

 on inner side distinctly densely haired, the middle -ind nextlast ones 

 longer than broad, or the next-last in the j^ as broad as long, distal 

 joint as long as the two preceding joints together, long taperinf^. Pro- 

 notum is a little narrower than elytra, a little broader than long, scar- 

 cely narrowing posteriorly, with anteriorly slightly rounded, posteriorly 

 more straight sides, with q few outstanding bristles, flatly convex, with 

 rather fine and dense, flat punctation, often v.lth a feeble longitudinal 

 impression in middle-line posteriorly; elytra a little longer than pro- 



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