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late rotundato-ampliata, posterius sub-recta, apice singii- 

 latim oblique truncata, leviter rotundato - eniarginata , 

 supra paullo convexa, mediocriter sulcata, sulcis in fundo 

 punctis sat niagnis, parum profundis, interstitiis omnibus 

 angustis, carinalis, sub-remote, vage punctulatis. Corpus 

 subtus magis nitidum; prothorace remotius, evidenter, 

 abdomine subtiliter punctulatis. Pedes punctulati; tibiis 

 parce, breviter setulosis '• ). 



* Spectes novae boreali-africanae. 

 Anthia Heclenborgi .• oblonga, atra, nitida, parce pilosa; labro 

 magno, apice iitrinque cmarginato, prothorace convexo, pro- 

 funde, remote, inaequaliter pimctato, longitudinaliter canali- 

 culato; elytris mediocriter sulcatis, sulcis in fundo irrcgulari- 

 ter punctafis, interstitiis con vexis, macula sat magna, rotunda, 

 antica, altera parva versus apicem margineque antice abbre- 

 vialo, albo-tomentosis. Long. 35, lat. 13 millim. 

 Habitat in Sennaar ad Bahr el Abiad. 



A. Nimrod proxima, ilia nonnihil minor, praesertim angus- 

 tior. Tola atra, nitida, supra parce nigro-pilosa, subtus fusco- 

 pubcscens. Caput sat magnum, oblongo-quadratum, profunde, 

 remote punclatum, pone oculos transversim leviter, antice 

 utrinque longitudinaliter, impressum; labro magno, laevi, apice 

 rotundato, utrinque leviter emarginato; oculis sat magnis, ro- 

 tundis, convcxis, glaucis. Antennae supra basi albo-pubescentes. 

 Prothorax lalitudine nonnihil brevior, apice truncatus, lateri- 

 bus mox pone apicem rotundato-ampliatus, posterius subito, 

 oblique angustatus, ad basin sub-rectus, postice leviter rotun- 

 dato-emarginatus, angulis anticis rotundatis, basalibus sub- 

 rectis; supra modice convexus, profunde, remote, inaequaliter 

 punctatus, antice et intra basin transversim impressus, medio 

 canaliculatus, extus tenuiter reflexo-marginatus. Scutellum 

 magnum, triangulare, transversim aciculatum. Elytra oblongo- 

 ovata, antice prothoracis basi nonnihil latiora, mox pone ba- 

 sin latius rotundato-ampliata, dein lateribus fere recta, apice 

 singulatim oblique truncata, quam lata dimidio et ultra lon- 

 giora, supra convexa, mediocriter profunde sulcata, sulcis in 

 fundo irregularifer punctatis, interstitiis convexis, marginibus 

 et dorso hinc inde punctis remotis, inter strias 3 — 6 macula 

 sat magna, rotundata, sub-impressa, a basi remota, altera, 

 parva intra apicem, in intcrstitio 3°, margineque antice ab- 

 breviato, albo-tomentosis. Corpus subtus crebre rugoso-pun- 



