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notatuni, anlice transversitn, parum profunde canalicu- 

 latiim ; labro violaceo, crebre, evidenter punctato, apice 

 pilis longioribus, pallidis obsito; palpis ferrugineis; oculis 

 rotvindatis, parum convexis, brunneis. Antennae nigrae. 

 Prolhorax latitudine triplo brevior, antice utrinqiie leviter 

 rotundato-emarginatus, medio modice rotundato-productus, 

 lateribus ab apice ad basin oblique ampliatus, postice 

 obsolete bi-sinuatus, angulis anlicis antrorsum modice 

 prominulis, sub-acutis, basabbus retrorsum parum pro- 

 ductis, fere rectis; supra convexus, aeneus, dorso sub- 

 laevis, vittis duabus transversis, violaceis, una mox ante 

 medium, altera in ipsa basi, lateribus subtiliter, creber- 

 rime punctulatis, pube brcvissima, depressa, albida, dense 

 obsitis, extus luteo-marginatis. Scutellum aeneum , laeve. 

 Elytra antice prolhoracis basi non latiora, lateribus mox 

 pone basin modice rotundato-ampliata, dein versus apicem 

 nonniliii angustata, apice conjunctim, late truncata, sin- 

 gulatlm ad angulum externum leviter emarginata , angulo 

 ipso breviter acunmiato, suturali fere recto, parum pro- 

 ducto; supra valde convexa, aenea, subtiliter, crebre 

 punctulata, pube densa, brevi, depressa, albida obsita, 

 sutura a basi longe ultra medium late costaque elevata 

 disci longe pone mediimi desinente, elevatis, laevibus, 

 glabris; margine laterali supi'a et sublus lutco. Corpus 

 subtus nigro-aeneum , uitidumj pcctore medio abdomine- 

 que luteis, illo utrinque basi plaga magna, laterali, nigro- 

 aenea , segmento ultimo supra violaceo, subtus in medio 

 ferrugineo. Pedes lutei, antici geniculis, tibiis tarsisque 

 nigro-piceis. 



284. DiNEUTES Caffer: ovalis, convexiusculus, supra-nigro- 

 olivaceus, vix aeneus, sub-nitidus, subtus piceus; fronte 

 sub-remote rugulosa ; protliorace obsolete coriaceo, 

 subtiliter, remote punctulaloj elytris obsolete striatis, 

 subtiliter, remote puncfulatis, ante apicem leviter si- 

 nuatis, apice conjuiutin) cmarginatis; libiis tarsisque 



