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vix ;iin])liat;i, niodio basi tlioracis clii])lo latiora, apicc coujun 

 (!tiin rotundata, dorso parum convexa, postice subrctusa, lateri- 

 l)us iiitlexa, juxta siituram transversira rugulosa ibique et ad 

 latera seriato-puuctata, in disco rugoso-scrobiculata, costis dua- 

 Inis irreg'ularibus elevatis, interiore minus fortiter tuberculata, 

 exteviore remote callosa; squamositate umbrina, setulis minutis, 

 iiigris, immixta, vestita; ante medium dorsi utrimque plaga e 

 setulis subfasoioulatini condensatis, plus raiuusve distincta, autice 

 postice(jue striga albida termiuata. Corpus sul)tus et pedes 

 dense umbrino-S(|U;imosa, disperse nigro-setulosa, abdomine fe- 

 moribusque fusco-maculatis. 



148. Spnrtecerus brevipennis: niger, f'usco-ocliraceo-squamosus; 

 f'ronte impressa, supra oculos cristata; thorace rugoso-tubercu- 

 lato, medio canaliculato; elytris suborbicularibus, trifariam 

 tnberculato-eostatis, humeris deiitatis. Jjong. 10^, lat. 7 mill. 



Caput et thorax, (juoad formationem scul])turamque ut 

 ill -'^parteeero liypocrita, indumentum vero f'useo-oehraceura, 

 vix maeulatum. Elytra, dente laterali antico excepto, orbicu- 

 laria, medio basi thoraeis fere triplo latiora, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata, dorso parum convexa, postice perpendiculariter 

 declivia, lateribus inflexa, juxta suturam transversim rugulosa 

 ibique et ad latera seriato-punctata, in disco rugoso-foveolata, 

 trifariam tuberculato-costata, sutura postice elevata; fusco- 

 ocliraceo-sqaamosa, lituris albidis vix nisi ad margines laterum 

 couspicuis. Corpus subtus et pedes i'usco-ocliraceo-squamosa, 

 disperse nigro-setulosa. 



149. Spartecernx depressus: niger, t'usco-cinereo-pulverulentus, 

 dorso depressus, capite thoraceque anaglyptice sculpturatis, 

 hoc lateribus subspinoso; elytris in disco rugoso-scrobiculatis 

 tuberculatiscpie, dorso postiee carina truucata terminato, hu- 

 meris dentatis. Long. 8, lat. 4 millim. 



Caput transversum, supra jiarum convexum, earinulis ([ua- 

 tuor alte elevatis pra^ditum, intermediis postice conniveutibus, 

 exterioribus supra-ocularibus; oculi laterales, depressi; rostrum 

 capite pauUo longius, arcuatum, supra ad basin 4-foveolatum, 

 apice breviter sulcatum. Antenme verticem haud excedentes, 

 nigrae, clava atro-holosericea. Thorax latitudine baseos non 

 brevior. nee autice angustior, ante medium calloso-dilatatus, 

 callis tuberculatis, postice subspinosis; basi truncatus, apice 

 trisinuatus, supra depressus, punctatus, medio obsolete canali- 

 eulatus, basi utrimque calloso-elevatus, dorso lineis elevatis, 

 veticulatim compositis, in raargine antico incrassatis, areas 

 (juinque includentibus, mediam subrhombicam. duasque utrim- 

 que adjacentes, anteriores oblongas, posteriores oblique subtri- 

 angulares. Elytra thoraci arete applicata, pone huraeros, den- 

 tato-extensos, haud ampliata, medio basi thoracis duplo latiora, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, latitudine vix dimidio longiora, 

 dorso depressa, postice declivia, lateribus inflexa, prope sutu 



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