miAPHiroDus. 



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apical third or fourth of the elytra; first joint ahout one-fourth 

 longer than the third, subasperate in front, punctured above ; 

 third joint about one-third longer than the fourth, sparsely punc- 

 tured and nitid above ; fifth to ninth striated to a greater or less 

 extent in front, partly also above ; the last two joints longi- 

 tudinallv striated and dull all over. Pronotum with two large 



Fig. 12. — Rhr/jjh/podiis faprofiaiiicus, Galian, cJ. 



sparsely punctured shiny spaces near the middle, a smaller, sub- 

 nitid, strongly punctured spot external to each of these and a 

 sparsely punctured, narrow, transverse band near the base ; its 

 sides denticulate, for the most part sub-parallel, but rounded 

 off to^^•ards the front margin, projecting and strongly toothed 

 near the base. Elyti^a sl}iny at the base and for some distance 

 back alongside of the suture, the rest of their surface very 

 minutely granulate and more or less dull. Femora and tibiae of 



