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Caput sat luagiium, roluiidatum, inodlcc convexuni, 

 nifo-testaceum, nitidum, paiiim piot'uiHle, sat crebre piin- 

 ctatum, parce albiclo-puhescens^ inaiulibulis apice piceis; 

 oculis ovatis, convexis, nigris. Antcnuoe nifo-testaceoe, 

 parce pubescentes, extrorsum obscuriores. Prol borax la- 

 titudine nonniliil longior, lufo-tcstaceus, nitidus, sat cre- 

 bre, parum profiinde punctatus, parce albido-pubescens, 

 antice truiicatus, capite fere angustior, intra apiceni con- 

 strictns et tiansvcrsim impressus, dein latefibus modice 

 rotundato-ainpliatus, pone medium basin versus sensim 

 angustatus, postice leviler rotundato-emarginatus, trans- 

 versim impressus et tenuiter reflexo-marginatus, supra 

 modice convexus. Scutellum parvum , rufo-testaceum, 

 parum nitidum, confertim punctulatum. Elytra protho- 

 race triplo longiora at ejus basi dimidio latiora, sat dense 

 albo-pubescentia, antice truncata, bumeris rotundatis, pa- 

 rum elevalis; lateiibus fere recta, longe infra medium 

 sensim anguslata, apice conjunctim rotundata, supra mo- 

 dice convexa, mediocriter, regulariter punctato-striata, 

 interstitiis anguslis, parum convexis, obsolete punctulalis; 

 rufo-testacea, subnitida, basi, macula pone medium, trans- 

 versa, oblonga, antiorsum leviter emarginata apiceque ni- 

 gris. Corpus subtus rufo-testaceum, nitidum, subtililer, 

 crebre* punctulatum, parce albido-pubescens. Pedes pi- 

 cei, confertim punctulati, parce albido-viJlosij femo- 

 ribus a basi fere ad medium rufo-testaceis; tarsis fer- 

 rugineis. ^^^^ 



537. Clerus nodicollis: elongatus, paullo convexus, dilute 

 flavo-testaceus, nitidus, albido-villosus j oculis abdo- 

 mineque ante apicem nigris; capite protboraceque con- 

 fertim punctulatis, boc antice posticeque conslricto, 

 dorso tuberculis septem parum elevatis, obtusis in- 

 structo; elytris ultra medium mediocriter, dein ob- 

 soletius punctato-strialis, singulo maculis duabus par- 

 vis, nigris, una in medio, oblonga, transversa, al- 



