FAI1KKTTS, COLEOPTERA CAIFRAKI.*. 5 



( laput subquadratum, punctatum, longitudinaliter canalicu- 

 latum, inter oculos transversim impressum, nigrum, cretaceo- 

 squamosum, vitta laterali fusca; oculi laterales. obovati; rostrum 

 capite paullo longius, antice leviter constrictum, supra profunda 

 sulcatum, cretaceo-squamosum, lateribus infuscatis. Antenna' 

 basin thoracis attingentes, cretaceo-squamosae, fusco-setulosae, 

 articulis intermediis haud transversis. Thorax latitudine baseos 

 parum longior, medio indistincte angulato-dilatatus, basi apice- 

 que truncatus, supra parum convexus, punctatus, sulcis tribus 

 subparallelis profundis, intermedio subinterrupto, insculptus, 

 niger, dense cretaceo-squamosus, sulcis vittaque laterali utrimque 

 fuscis. Elytra oblongo-ovata, antice basi thoracis vix latiora. 

 upice valde obtusa, thorace fere triplo longiora, convexa, pone 

 medium subgibbosa, punctis majusculis, interne subseriatis, 

 insculpta, interstitiis 2:o et 5:o irregulariter costatis tubercula- 

 tisque, eosta interiore antice subduplicata, pone medium callo 

 dilatato, supra deplanato, interrupts ; tota nigra, cretaceo-squa- 

 mosa, lateribus in individuis illaesis nivcis, linea antica obliqua 

 elevata fusca, dorso lituris indeterminatis fuscis. tuberculis ma- 

 joribus apice callisque postiee nigris, his supra plaga communi 

 obcordata, albida, notatis. Corpus subtus planum, punctatum, 

 dense cretaceo-squamosum. Pedes mediocres, nigri, squamis 

 cretaceis, fuscis imniixtis, obducti; tibiis tarsisque nigro-setu- 

 losis. 



5. Episus cognatus: elongatus, niger, dense cretaceo-squamosus; 

 capite aequali, fronte transversim obsolete impressa; rostro apice 

 sulcato; thorace subcylindico, trisulcato; elytris ovalibus, interne 

 subseriatim, ad latera vage punctatis, interstitiis tribus dorsali- 

 bus inconcinne costatis, tuberculis obsitis, disco fusco-variegato. 

 Long. 12\, lat. 31 millim. 



Caput subquadratum, disperse punctatum. nigrum, dense 

 cretaceo-squamosum, vix manifeste canaliculatum, fronte trans- 

 versim leviter impressa; oculi laterales, obovati; rostrum capite 

 paullo longius, at vix angustius, disperse punctatum, apicem 

 versus profunde sulcatum, colore et indumento capitis. Antennae 

 basin capitis non attingentes, crassae, nigrae, griseo-squamulosae, 

 fusco-setulosae, articulis 2—7 transversis. Thorax latitudine 

 dimidio longior, ante medium levissime ampliatus, basi apiceque 

 truncatus, supra parum convexus, sat crebre punctatus, sulcis 

 tribus subinterruptis, antice abbreviatis, insculptus, niger squa- 

 mositate cretacea obtectus. Elytra ovalia, antice thorace haud 

 latiora. apice obtusa, thorace haud triplo longiora, raodice con- 

 vexa, punctis majusculis, interne subseriatim, ad latera vage et 

 parcius, insculpta, interstitiis 2:o, 3:o & 5:0 irregulariter costa- 

 tis tuberculisque obsitis, eosta intermedia ante medium dorsi 

 cum interiore confluente, hac pone medium crista obliqua, ele- 

 vata, interrupta; tota nigra, cretaceo- vel albido-squamosa, in 

 disco posticeque plerumque variegatim fusco-tomentosa. Corpus 



