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modioe convexo, tuberculis dorsalibus ab npice 

 minus reniotis, evidentioribus. 



Habitat juxta fluvium Gaiiep. 



Caput depressum, rotundatum, reflexo-marginatum, 

 rugoso-punctatum, postice saturatius virescens, parcius 

 pubescens, clypeo orichalceo, dense flavescenti-villoso, mar- 

 gine nigro; vertice cornu erecto, antice sinipliciter pun- 

 ctulato, ceterum ruguloso, nigro, basi antice orichalceo, 

 maris capita duplo longiore, retrorsum flexo, apice di- 

 stincte furcato, feminie capite dimidio breviore, recto, 

 subulato; fronte praiterea feminse carinula transversa, ar- 

 cuata, notata. Antennae flavae, articulis duobus baseos 

 ferrugineis. Thorax latitudine parum brevior, medio ro- 

 tundato-ampliatus, apice profunde emarginatus, angulis 

 dephinatis, prominulis, basi medio lobatus, lobo rotun- 

 dato, transversim impresso, juxta basin utrinque subsi- 

 nuatus, lateribus tenuiter marginatus, supra in mare pul- 

 vinatus, in femina minus convexus, versus basin medio 

 simpliciter punctatus, ceterum crebre rugoso-subgranu- 

 latus, ad latera utrinque foveola impressus, flavo-orichal- 

 ceus, nitidus, tenuiter pubescens, dorso subcordatim ma- 

 culaque baseos versus latera utrinque viridibus, antice 

 versus apicem tuberculis duobus minutis infuseatis, maris 

 obsoletioribus et a margine apicali magis remotis, spatio 

 interjacente subimpresso; subtus ante pedes piceus, po- 

 stice medio viridis, lateribus late flavo-orichalceis, densius 

 flavo-villosis. Elytra thorace minime ampliora, basi illi 

 arete applicata, pone hum.eros modice ampliatos sensim 

 angustata, postice conjunctim obtuse rotundata, supra sub- 

 depressa, ad humeros apiceque calloso-elevata, undique 

 confertim rugoso-punctata, dorso remote striata, indeter- 

 minate fusco-aeneo-variegata, parce pubescentia, limbo 

 insequaliter flavescente, sutura costata, basi densius vil- 

 losa. Pygidium subtriangulare, apice rotundatum, parura 

 convexum, parce punctatum, viridi-orichalceum, flave- 



