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raised ; tlic front is thickly covered with lont^isli white 

 hair, which hides the texture ; the lower orbits and the 

 oral region even more thickly pilose, and with the hair, if 

 anythini^, longer. Mandibles large, shining ; the tubercles 

 large, shining, smooth, rounded ; the area between the 

 middle and hinder legs elongate, narrowed gradually 

 towards the apex ; the sides stoutly keeled. Mesonotum 

 strongly punctured, the punctures becoming larger towards 

 the apex ; at the base is a smooth flat keel in the middle. 

 Scutellum p}'ramidal, more strongly and deeply rugosely 

 punctured than themesonotum ; its base covered with long 

 black, the apex with longer pale hair. l^ost-scutellum 

 smooth, the sides covered with long pale hair. Median 

 segment stoutly reticulated; the reticulations smaller 

 and closer on the apex; the base thickly covered with 

 depressed white hair, which almost hides the texture 

 in the middle ; the central area is large, wide, and 

 extends to the apex ; its apical third at base oblique, 

 densely covered with silvery pubescence, the apex 

 curved ; the lower apical tooth large, three times 

 as long as the upper, which is bluntly triangular ; the 

 lower basal tooth is large, oblique, and somewhat 

 triangular in shape. The eye incision is rounded on the 

 inner side. Prothorax thickly covered with white hair ; 

 above rugosel}- punctured ; the apex of the propleurae 

 smooth ; the base with nine irregular, stout, clearly 

 separated stria-. Mesopleurje thickly covered w^ith 

 longish white pubescence, strongly, but not \-ery deeply, 

 punctured, the apex smooth. Metapleura^ reticulated, 

 the base smooth. Mesosternum thickly covered with 

 long white hair, its base roundl)' incised in the middle, 

 the sides appearing as two narrowed and rounded 

 parts ; the apical slope is covered with long pale 

 hair. Legs thickly covered with white hair ; the calcaria 



