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conjunctim sesqui latiora, retrorsum leviter angustata, apice sin- 

 gulatim oblique truncata, latitiuline media communi duplo lon- 

 giora, modice convexa, basin versus irregulariter punctata, to- 

 raento ochraceo cinereoque variegata, pone medium disci macula 

 e tomento densiore, niveo, fasciculisque tribus umbrinis, uno 

 scilicet in medio baseos, secundo paullo posterius in disco ter- 

 tioque pone maculam albam, notata. Corpus subtus modice 

 convexura, tomento fusco-umbrino, in abdomine cinereo albido- 

 que variegato, vestitum, segmento hujusce apicali densius albido- 

 tomentoso, immaculato. Pedes mediocres, tomento cinereo, 

 ochraceo-variegato, obducti. 



80. Dichostates caffer: subovatus, niger, inttqualiter griseo tomen- 

 tosus, thorace elytrisque punctatis tuberculatisque, his fascia 

 media lata densius albido-tomentosa; antennis albo-annulatis. 

 Long. 9—10, lat. 4— 4i millim. 



Caput disperse punctatum, t'ronte lata, vix impressa, ver- 

 tice obsolete bituberculato, liturisque duabus albo-pubescentibus 

 notato. Antennae nignie, articulis 2 — 11 apice albo-pubescen- 

 tibus. Thorax latitiuline postica paullo brevior anticeque nonni- 

 hil angustior, leviter rotundato-ampliatus, supra modice con- 

 vexus, parce et sat profunde punctatus, tomento in tergo fusco, 

 ad latera anticeque albido, adspersus, tuberculis dorsalibus utrim- 

 que tribus, oblique dispositis, intermedio insigniore, munitus, 

 lateribus prope basin distincte unispinosis. Scutellum brevis- 

 simum, griseo-tomcntosum. Elytra thorace conjunctim sesqui 

 latiora, latitiuline communi vix duplo longiora, postice rotun- 

 data, ipso apice singulatim breviter truncato; dorso antice sub- 

 gibbosa, alibi parum convexa, sat rude, partim seriatim, punc- 

 tata, tomento fusco griseoque obsita, fascia media lata albida, 

 plus minusve distincta, ornata; tuberculis in siugulo quinque 

 elevatis, fusco-fasciculatis, praedita, duobus scilicet in elevatione 

 antica, uno pone fasciam dorsalem duobusque ante apicem. 

 Corpus subtus et pedes nigra, tomento griseo fuscoque vestita, 

 abdomine bifariam albo-punctato. 



81. Dichostates lacunosus: subovatus, niger, supra insequaliter et 

 rude punctatus, tomento cinereo variegatim obsitus; thorace 

 transverso, lateribus postice valide unispinosis; elytris antice 

 bifasciculosis, apice truncatis. Long. 8i — 9, lat. 3A — 3f millim. 



Caput disperse et sat profunde punctatum, intervallis dense 

 cinereo-tomentosis, fronte indistincte impressa, inter oculos te- 

 nuissime canaliculata; oculi inferne rotundati, subtiliter granu- 

 lati. Antennae (f corpore paullo longiores, $ eodem manifeste 

 breviores, nigrae, scapo rugoso, articulis 4 — 11 basi griseo- 

 tomentosis. Thorax latitudine baseos dimidio brevior anticeque 

 manifeste angustior, pone medium nonnihil ampliatus ibique 

 spina valida utrimque armatus, basi apiceque truncatus, supra 

 parce et rude punctatus, sat dense griseo-tomentosus, punctis 



