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middle, dilated in front, the anterior angles produced, their 

 apices obtuse ; apical border concave-emarginate ; disc smooth, 

 impunctate, thickened on either side near the anterior angle, 

 impressed on each side the middle with a faint transverse groove. 

 Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, dilated 

 behind the middle, moderately convex, deeply punctured, the 

 punctures piceous, arranged Avithout order over the general 

 surface, placed in ill-defined longitudinal striaj near the base of 

 the suture ; on the anterior disc are several short ill-defined 

 obsoletely raised vittte ; at the base of each elytron, close to the 

 suture, is a small nigro-^neous patch. Last two segments of 

 abdomen bordered with fulvous. 



In the specimen from Murree the sides of the thorax are less 

 dilated anteriorly, the anterior angles being less produced and 

 at the same time more acute ; the transverse depressions on the 

 middle disc are also obsolete ; in this specimen the antennas are 

 unfortunately broken, but the fourth and fifth joints (which 

 remain) are shghtly compressed, and are rather more robust 

 than in the insect from Northern India ; it is probably the 

 other sex. 



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