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_ however, towards the front margin. Each elytron provided 
with two yellow spots of which the anterior, slightly 
transverse one is situated between the 3rd and 7th, the 
posterior one between the 3rd and 6th striae. The entire 
under surface, the elytral epipleurae included, is pale ful- 
vous, with the exception, however, of the head (without 
the throat) which is brassy. The legs are pale fulvous, 
inclining to pale chestnut on the knees and tibiae; the 
tarsi are pitchy, with the exception of the basal half of 
the claw-joint which is light brown; an infuscate spot is 
present on the upper side of the femora just beyond the 
middle of their length, and a black line runs along the 
inner margin of the apical half of the tibiae. 
The head is very closely punctured, more remotely, 
however, on the middle of the face. 
The prothorax is distinctly broader at the base than 
long, narrowing to the front margin in sinuate lines; the 
lateral margins are faintly crenulate, the anterior angles 
sub-angular, not prominent, the front margin straight; 
the base bisinuate, the lateral angles acute and slightly 
divergent, the median lobe broadly rounded; the upper 
surface strongly but not closely and somewhat irregularly 
punctured, with a smooth line along the middle; moreover 
three pairs of indistinct impressions are to be observed, viz. 
one near the front margin, another in the basal angles, 
the third (which are elongated and strongly divergent) 
originating from the base on both sides of the median lobe; 
the scutellum strongly transverse, broadly rounded behind, 
and impunctate. 
The elytra conspicuously narrowing in straight lines 
towards the apices which are separately rounded: very 
broadly at the outer angle, narrowly at the sutural one; 
each elytron with ten regular striae of distinct punctures 
which become stronger towards the outer margin, the 
interstices apparently impunctate, flat, slightly costate 
at the end. 
The brassy coloured underside of the head is covered 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
