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Caput longitudine pnullo latins, ante oculos breviter 

 rotundato-ampliatum, basi insigniter rotundato-procliictum, 

 margine clypei reflcxo, apicc dit^tincte bidentato, supra 

 depressum, granulatum, linea media, longitudinali clevata, 

 basi dilatata, antice abbreviata, lajvi, totum lajte cuprcum, 

 albido-pubescens. Antenna} piceaj. Thorax latitudine ba- 

 seos fere dimidio brevior, antice dimidio angustior, medio 

 rotundato-ampliatLis, apice distincte trisinuatus, basi le- 

 vissime rotundato-productus, angulis anticis acuminatis, 

 posticis obtusis, supra pulvinatus, la^te cupreus, nitidus, 

 granis oblongis creberrime obsitus, linea media longitudi- 

 nali elevata lasvi notatus, foveola laterali utrinque obso- 

 leta. Elytra basi pro thorace emarginata ibique eodem 

 paullo angustiora, pone humcros rotundato-ampliatos ab- 

 rupte sinuata, dein fere linearia, apice conjunctim rotun- 

 data, thorace dimidio longiora, supra modice convcxa, 

 ad humeros apicemque calloso-elevata, obsolete striatn, 

 crebre granulata, basi impressionibus quatuor marginali- 

 bus subplicata, la^te cuprea, nitida. Pygidium subtrian- 

 gulare, parum convexum, granulatum, basi medio canali- 

 culatum, concolor. Corpus subtus convexum, £eneo-cu- 

 preum, nitidum, lateribus granulatis, abdomine medio lajvi, 

 segmentis singulis foveola marginali impressis, sterno pun- 

 ctato, medio obsolete canaliculate, Itevi, apice lajviter im- 

 presso, basi obtuse producto. Pedes longiusculi, cuprei, 

 nitidi, femoribus, ruguloso-punctatis, anticis obsolete den- 

 tatis, tibiis leviter arcuatis, apice unispinosis, anticis scr- 

 ratis, versus apicem valide 3-dentatis. Vns 



886. Sisyphus (Latr.) appendiculatus: obovatus, modice 

 convexus, nigro-fuscus, opacus; capite testacco-varie- 

 gato, clypeo antice late cmarginato; prothorace subti- 

 liter, antice crebrius granulato, medio canaliculato, la- 

 teribus rectis, postice utrinque late impressis, angulis 

 anticis prominulis, acuminatis, tcstaceis; elytris subti- 

 liter striatis, interstitiis parcc seriatim sctosis; fcmori- 



