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Opilo imibalteato simlllimus cllmidio tainen minor, 

 praeseilim angustior, antennaruni arlioiilo ultimo lon- 

 gissiino, ab illo facile distinctus. Caput magnum, rotun- 

 datum, nigro-piceum, nitidum, modice convexum, subti- 

 liter, crebre nigoso-gianulatum, parce albido-villosum ; 

 labro palpisque rufo-testaceis; ocniis magnis, rotundatis, 

 obscure brunneis. Antennae ferrugineaj, parce pilosoe, ar- 

 ticub's 9 — 10 latioribus, brevibns, subtriangularibus, apice 

 truncalis, apicab duobus anlecedentibus simul sumtis triple 

 longiore, dilutiore, cybndrico, apice nonnihil inflexo, acu- 

 minate. Prothorax latitudine longior, nigro-piceus, nili- 

 dus, parce albido-villosus, antice capite non latior, apice 

 truncatus, lateribus basin versus subrectus, intra apiceni 

 utrinque leviter, basi transversim constrictus, poslice trun- 

 catus, tenuiter reflexo-marginatus, supra modice convexus, 

 dorso canalicula tenui, antice abbreviata, postice obso- 

 lete impressa; sub-remote, mediocriter, extrorsum cre- 

 brius punctatus, ad apicem triangulaiiter, leviter elevatus. 

 Scutellum breve, nigro-piceum, subtiliter, crebre punctu- 

 latum, apice rotundatum. Elytra prothorace fere qua- 

 druple longiora et ejus basi dimidio fere latiora, parce 

 albido-villosa, antice sub-lruncata, bumeris vix elevatis, 

 rotundatis; lateribus fere recta, apicem versus sensim an- 

 gustata, apice conjunctim rotundala, supra modice con- 

 vexa, nigro-picea, sub-nitida, singule mox pone medium 

 fascia transversa, minus lata, utrinque nonnibil arcuata, 

 silacea ornata ; a basi ultra medium profunde, crebre 

 punctato-striata, interstitiis modice elevatis, subtiliter pun- 

 ctulatis, pone fasciam crebre, mediocriter, subsei'iatim 

 punctata, obsolete longitudinaliter tri-carinata. Corpus 

 subtus nigro-piceum, nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum. 

 Pedes similiter colorati, confertim rugoso-punctulati; tar- 

 sis angustis, rufo-testaceis. n 



550. Phloiocopus flavonotatus: elongatus, modice conve- 

 xus, piceus, sub-nitidus, parce griseo-villosus; antennis 



