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105. Am'HIA Mas.silicatzl: nigra, paiuni nitida, labro 

 iitrinque emarginato, capite undiqiie loniote, postice 

 parciiis punctato; prothoiace coiivcxo, mediocriter ct 

 iiiacqnalitcr, paice punclato, iitrinque in medio doi-si 

 area siib-laevi^ elytris punctato-sulcatis, interstitiis 

 convexis, sub-costatis, margine albo-tomentoso, angu- 

 lum humeralem noii attinijente. Lonjj. 41, lat. 15i 

 millim. 



Anthia Massilicata, Guerin-Meneville Revue Zocl. 1845. p. 285. 

 N:o 2. 



Habitat in Caffraria inteiioie. 



Anthia BiU'cJielli nonnihil brevior et latior. Nigra, 

 paruni nitida. Caput sat niagniini , oblongo-qiiadratiini, 

 sub-planum, remote, parum profunde, postice parcius 

 piinctatiim, antice ulrinijiic impressiiin, medio siibtiliter 

 aciciilatum; labro magno, laevi, antice rotundato, utrin- 

 que emarginato, postice transversim, profunde impresso; 

 ociilis parvis, rotiindatis, convexis, glaucis. Antennae basi 

 nitidae, glabrae, extrorsum pul)escenfes, articulis diiobus 

 basabbiis supra in medio ocbracco-pubescentibiis. Pro- 

 tborax latitudine media vix longior, antice truncatus, 

 lateribus mox pone apicem valde rotundato-ampbatiis, 

 a medio ad basin siibito angustatus, sub-sinuatns, postice 

 leviter rotundato-emarginatus, angubs antieis non pro- 

 minulis, ol)lusis, posticis fere rcctis- supra modice con- 

 vexus, remote, inaequaliter et mediocriter punctatus, 

 dorso Iitrinque area sat magna, laevi, intra apicem 

 tiansversim leviter imprcssus, medio canab'cula longitii- 

 dinali. Scutelkim triangulare, sub-laeve, apice refjexo. 

 Elytra antice truncata, prothoracis basi nonniliil latiora. 

 mox pone basin sensim rotundato-ampliata , apicem ver- 

 sus oblique anguslata, apice conjunctim obtusa, supra 

 convexa, sat prodinde sulcata, sulcis in fiindo punctis 

 minoribus, sat crebris, interstitiis convexis, sub-costatis, 

 utrinque subtiliter, sub-remote punctulatisj intra margi- 

 nem punctis majoribus, minoribus intermixtis impressa, 



