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109. Homaloplia (^orpuleuta n. sp. 



Breviter ovata, subglobosa, valde convexa, aptera, atra^ 

 nitidula, subglabra; mento, coxis apice trochanteribusqiie an- 

 terioribiis longe nigrosetosis, prothoracis elytrorumque late- 

 ribus parce breviter nigro-ciliatis, clypeo apice fortiter re- 

 flexo-marginatis, medio distincte sinuato; capite creberrime 

 subtiliter, prothorace paullo fortius et remotius, elytris paullo 

 profundius parce punctatis, his leviter striatis et obsolete ru- 

 gulosis, valde convexis, apice oblique obtuse emarginato-trun- 

 catis; pectore valde gibboso-convexo, metasterno parcius puii- 

 ctato, ventre creberrime graniilato-punctato et subtilissirae 

 alutaceo, brevissime vix j)ersp.cue flavo setuloso. 2 Long- 

 7 — 9 mm. 



Species singularis, statura subglobosa, valde convexa, 

 aptera, elytris apice oblique emarginato-truncatis a conge- 

 neribus mox distincta, H. erythropterae F r i v. tamen affmis. 

 — Corpus totum cum pedibus nigrum, nitidulum. Caput 

 magnum, confertim subtiliter, postice paullo remotius pun- 

 ctatum; clypeo antice et lateribus valde reflexo-marginato^ 

 apicem versus paullo angustato, lateribus rectis, apice lato 

 medio distincte sinuato, angulis obtusis, linea frontali obsoleta 

 paullo pone medium sita, ore in mento longius nigro-setoso. 

 Pdlpi nigri, articulo ultimo apice anguste piceo. Antennae 

 nigrae, Jamellis crassiusculis, Hagello fere duplo brevioribus. 

 Protho.rax valde transversus, longitudinaliter fortiter conve- 

 xus, lateribus modice rotundatis, angulis anticis leviter pro- 

 ductis, acutiusculis; lim bo omni tenuiter marginato, basi 

 utrinque obsolete sinuato; supra subtiliter, minus dense pun- 

 ctatus. Scutellum late triangulare, subtiliter punctatum. 

 Elytra basi prothoracis latitudine, medio modice rotundato- 

 ampliata, postice angustata, prothorace fere triplo longiora, 

 apice conjunctim emarginato-truncata, angulis exterioribus 

 obtusis, interioribus subrectis; linea epipleurali postice eva- 

 nescente; supra longitudinaliter ut et transversim satis foi- 

 titer convexa, paullo fortius et remotius quam in prothorace 

 punctata, subtilissime alutacea, obsoletius striata, striis dense 

 irregulariter punctulatis, subglabra, versus apicem pube bre- 



