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118. Oplocheirus promts: oblongus, niger, glaber, nitidus, elytris 

 postice piceis; capite ruguloso-punctato, epistome impressione 

 lineaque arcuata transversis a fronte disjuncto; thorace dorso 

 concinne punctato, basi transversim impresso; elytris puuctato- 

 sulcatis, interstitiis convexis, sublaevibus. Long. 13, lat. Qh 

 millim. 



Caput basi longitudine hand latius, deflexurn, fronte rugu- 

 losa, epistome irapressione transversa a fronte distincte separato, 

 confertim punctato, plica apicali picea. Labrum transversum, 

 punctulatum, fulvo-ciliatum. Oculi lunati, superne sat aporoxi- 

 mati, spatio interjacente vix quintam partem frontis occupante. 

 Antennae, ut in prioribus. Thorax transversus, leviter rotundato- 

 ampliatus, apicem versus angustatus, lateribus ante basin in- 

 distincte sinnatis; autice leviter emarginatus, angulis subrectis; 

 postice bisinuatns, angulis subacuminatis: supra transversim 

 convexus. in dorso remotius, ad latera crebre pnnctatus, intra 

 inargineni baseos transversim impressus, apice lateribusque 

 tenuiter marginatus. Scutellum subcordatum, obsolete punctu- 

 latum. Elytra pone humeros rotundatos ultra medium linearia, 

 postice conjunctim anguste rotundata, thorace dimidio latiora 

 et quadruple longiora, supra convexa, sat profunde sulcata, in 

 sulcis subcatenato-punctata, interstitiis sublaevibus. Corpus sub- 

 tus convexum, ut in prioribus sculptu'ratum; prosternum valde 

 declive, mesosternum sulcatum: Pedes mediocres, punctati, 

 picei, dente fern or urn anticorum validissiino et acutissimo. 



119. Oplocheirus afer: oblongus, niger, supra opacus, pilis longis 

 fuscis raro adspersus, capite thoraceque profunde punctatis, illo 

 antice transversim impresso, hoc transversim convexo, undique 

 marginato; elytris sulcatis, sulcis seriato-grauulatis, interstitiis 

 convexis, granulis vage adspersis. Long 19, lat. 8), millim. 



Caput deflexurn, profunde at minus crebre punctatum, epi- 

 stome elevato. impressione transversa a fronte disjuncto, plica 

 apicali llavescente, lateribus barbatis; cristas anteoculares obliquse, 

 longe ultra impressionem frontalem extensae. Oculi depressi, 

 lunati, spatio interjacente hand tertiam partem frontis occu- 

 pante. Antennae thorace duplo longiores, filiformes, articulis, 

 ultimo excepto, subobconicis, 3:o duobus sequentibus, simul 

 sumtis, longitudine fere aequali. Thorax basi longitudine di- 

 midio latior, ante medium levissime rotundato-ampliatus, apicem 

 versus breviter angustatus, postice bisinuatns, antice leviter 

 emarginatus, angulis parum prominulis; supra subpulvinatus, 

 profunde, in dorso remotius, pnnctatus, pilis longis fuscis, 

 erectis, parce adspersus, marginibus omnibus distincte carinatis. 

 Scutellum triangulare, punctulatum. Elytra pone humeros. 

 oblique extensos, longe ultra medium linearia, apicem versus 

 dein angustata, thorace plus dimidio latiora et fere quadruple 

 longiora, supra modice convexa, distincte sulcata, in sulcis 

 seriato-granulata, interstitiis sat convexis, vage granulatis; pilis 



