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but distinct punctuation which is less dense than that on 

 the face and finest in the middle; the sides (viewed late- 

 rally) are regularly rounded, finely marginated, the front 

 angles flattened, acute and prominent. The scutellum trian- 

 gular, with a few exceedingly fine punctures. 



The elytra much convex, with ten punctate sulci which 

 become deeper towards the sides; the interspaces convex, 

 alternately narrow and nearly impunctate (1, 3, 5, 7), and 

 broader and distinctly though sparsely punctured (2, 4, 6) ; 

 the 2"'! interspace is about twice as broad as the 3i'l on 

 the basal half of the elytra, equal in breadth at the apex. 



The propygidium and pygidium are very rugosely and 

 confluently punctate, the latter with a smooth keel in the 

 centre. The sides of the metasternum are very shallowly 

 punctured, those of the abdomen very coarsely ; the middle 

 of the metasternum is apparently impunctate, that of the 

 abdomen sparsely covered with very distinct punctures. 



The anterior tibiae are bidentate; the tarsi are slender. 



Hab. Congo. — The described female-specimen is in 

 the collection of the Loyden Museum. 



Ley den Museum, June 1913. 



Notes from the Leydon Miuseum, Vol. XXXV. 



