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gitudmali suLniciiaU ad aplcem valde aljbreviata profLUidc åmpres- 

 sls, capiie nigro-briiuneo, antcnuariini Lasi et apice pedibusquc 

 pallidls. 



Long. |— 1 \'m. Lat. \ Ii«. 



Slatura Tr. Secalis, sed rjuadruplo minor. Caput snlnolun- 



dalum, convexum, nigro-Lrunncnni, nilidiim, auiice fcnugincuni, 



foveola subarcuala utrinriue ad ocnios longiliidinali inipressa. La- 



Lruni suLtransvcisnm, pallide fciiiigiucun), convcxiiisciiluni. Palpi 



tcstacci. MandiLula; feiiuginctc, apice nigricantcs. Oculi magni, pro- 



minuü, nigii. Anlounae capite cnm ihoiace niidto longiorcs, lUifor- 



nics, ptiljcscenles, Intcscculi-pallida^, iiicdio fiiscescentes. Thorax 



cnpiie diniidio lalior, Lre\is, iransversus, anlice truncatus, subemar- 



ginalus, augulis dellcxis Jaleribusque roUmdalls, basin versus late 



icflcxo-elevatiis, [)Oslice angustalus, angulls obtusis, basique subro- 



lundalns, tolus fcrriigineus, nitidus, supra valde convexiis, subglo- 



]>osus, lœvis, anlice posiicerpie transversim inipressns, linea longi- 



tudinali media obsolète iinpressa. Sculelliun maguuni, trianguläre, 



planum, ferrugincum, subniiidum. Elytra iborace laliora, ovalia, Lasi 



iriuicata, in niedio laliora, npicc fcre rolundata, supra convexa, fer- 



rnginca, violaceo parum micaulia, in medio infuscata, oculo armaio 



icnuissime subslriala, slria unica sulurali intégra, lineolarpie sub- 



arcuata lorgilndinall ad apicem valde abbreviata, sat profunde 



iniprcssis, j uncloque in medio el\(rorum miunlo. Corpus subtus 



lestaceum, niiidum, abdomine ad laiera violaceo-infuscalo. Pedes 



Ituci. 



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