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niodlce prominuli, glaiici. Antennie medium thoracis vix 

 altingentes, lii)earcs, tola? cupreae. Thorax longitudine 

 dimidio latior, antice basi vix angustior, medio icqualiter 

 rotiuidato-ainphatus , basi subtruncatus, apice lalissinic 

 subemarginatiis, lateribus a basi ultra medium tenuiter 

 marginalise supra parum coiivexus, in disco crebre et 

 concinne puiictulatus, ad latera confertim rugulosus, cu- 

 preus, ante basin utrinque oblique impressus. Scutellum 

 Ineviler triangulare, concolor. Elytra basi thoiacis vix 

 latiorii, ah humeris ultra medium linearia, ad apicem 

 dein altenuata, niargine serrulato, thorace fere quadrupio 

 longiora, supra parum convexa, cuprea, in dorso sim- 

 pliciter, tenuissiine punctulata, ad latera conlertim et 

 tenuiter rugulosa; costaium vix nisi rudimenfa obser- 

 vanlur. Corpus subtus modice coiivexum, cupreum, 

 medio longitudinaliter glabrum, fulgens, subtiliter pun- 

 ctulatum, ad latera tenuiter lugulosum, ventre slrigis tribus 

 macula ribus, albo-pubescentibus, utrinque. Pedes cuprei, 

 subtiJiler punctulati, tenuiter albido-pubescentes, femo- 

 ribus 4 anterioribus medio incrassatis; tarsis caeruleis. 



Fhs. 



307. Sphenoptera (Deiean) trispinosa: oblonga, subde- 

 pressa, subtus obscure cuprea, passim caeruleo-micans, 

 parce griseo-tomenlosa , supia nigro-fusca, capite tho- 

 racoque punclis majoribus minutisque promiscue ob- 

 silis, illo distinclius canaliculalo, fronte fovea impressa ; 

 elylris pone humeros sensim atlenuatis, postice violaceo- 

 tinctis, ad marginem baseos cupreo-nilentibus, evideu- 

 ter punctato-striatis, interstitiis subconvcxis, cicberrime 

 punctujalis, apice utrinque trispinosisj antennis nigris. 

 Long. 1() — 19, lat. 5 — 6 millim. 



Sphenop(e7-a trispinosa. Lap. & Gor?; Monogr. d. Bupr. p. 23, 

 pi. 6, f. 33. — Klug et EnRKNBERc: 

 Symb. 29, pi. 3, f. 3? 



Hah. in terra Natalensi. Una. 



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