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slight transverse depression below the base, rather finely punctate- 

 striate, more distinctly so at the sides ; the interstices likewise finely 

 punctured, slightly wrinkled and pubescent ; legs fulvous. 



The general coloration of this species is opaque cupreous, 

 and the thorax is less narrowed anteriorly than is generally the 

 case ; the elytral punctured stria are not so well defined as in 

 most of its allies, owing to the somewhat wrinkled interstices. 



Trichostola fasciatipbnnis, sp. n. 



Pale fulvous or ferrugineous, closely pubescent ; thorax clothed 

 with yellow pubescence ; elytra strongly punctate-striate and pubes- 

 cent, pale fulvous, the suture and a short discoidal stripe at the disc 

 fuscous. Length, 2 mill. 



Head smooth, not perceptibly punctured, the lower portion and the 

 palpi flavous ; antennas fulvous, the terminal five or six joints fuscous, 

 thickened ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides feebly 

 rounded, slightly narrowed anteriorly, the basal margin sinuate at 

 each side, surface sculptured and pubescent like the head ; scutellum 

 similarly clothed with yellow hairs ; elytra with regular and rather 

 closely placed rows of deep punctures, the interstices pubescent, ful- 

 vous, the suture narrowly fuscous, the middle of the disc with a short 

 more or less distinct fuscous stripe, not extending to the base or 

 apex ; below and the legs coloured like the upper surface. 



The general coloration of this species differs from any of its 

 allies, but the elytral stripe is sometimes obsolete or absent. 



Trichostola femoralis, sp. n. 



Below obscure fulvous ; the terminal joints of the antennae and the 

 breast fuscous ; above obscure aeneous, clothed with fulvous hairs ; 

 thorax extremely finely, elytra more distinctly punctured in indistinct 

 rows, the interstices finely and sparingly punctate ; legs fulvous, the 

 apex of the femora and tibins fuscous. Length, 5 mill. 



Of comparatively large size ; the head obsoletely punctured and 

 furnished with some fulvous hairs, the anterior margin of the clypeus 

 and the labrum fulvous ; antennae extending to about the middle of 

 the elytra, the lower four or five joints fulvous, the others black, the 

 third and following two joints slender and equal, the rest slightly 

 thickened, shorter ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, slightly 

 narrowed anteriorly, the sidesn-ounded, the punctuation very fine and 

 close, the interstices furnished with fulvous pubescence, the posterior 

 margin straight at the sides ; scutellum pubescent ; elytra with a 

 feeble depression below the base, punctured in rows, rather difficult to 

 distinguish on account of the close and but little less strongly punctured 

 interstices, the latter also clothed with longish fulvous hairs ; abdomen 

 and legs fulvous, the femora with a fuscous spot or patch near the 

 apex ; the tibiae more or less similarly coloured at the base. 



One of the largest species of the genus, of obscure aeneous or 

 cupreous coloration ; the punctuation of the thorax and the 

 elytra close and fine ; the legs marked with fuscous. 



