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edge a single row of punctures extends halfway to the lateral 
margin; on each side just within the outer border are two distinct 
fovez ; in the middle, immediately in front of the basal margin, 
is a third, less defined ; the general surface of the dise finely but 
subremotely punctured. Elytra narrowly ovate, narrowed towards 
their apex, strongly punctate-striate, the striz lightly sulcate to- 
ward their apex, where also their interspaces become obsoletely 
convex ; near the apex of each elytron is a large moderately deep 
depression ; the small flavous spots are scattered irregularly over 
the whole surface of the elytra, 
Podontia maculatissima. 
Elongata, convexa, fulvo-picea, nitida; antennis (basi excepta) 
nigris ; thorace ante medium utringue oblique impresso, basi 
longitudinaliter bisulcato ; elytris pallide castaneis, basi et ad 
latera nigris, fortiter punctato-striatis, striis (praesertim ad 
apicem) sulcatis, interspatiis convexiusculis, pustulis flavis 
numerosis seriatim dispositis ornatis. 
Long. 5 lin. 
Hab. Port Essington, Australia. 
Thorax twice as broad as long, sides subparallel, sinuate behind 
their middle, slightly produced just beyond the latter, thence 
quickly converging to their apex, anterior angles tuberculate ; 
basal margin sinuate on either side, medial lobe slightly produced ; 
upper surface smooth ; on either side in front is an oblique groove, 
which commences at a little distance within the anterior angle and 
terminates just below the middle of the thorax; from its outer 
edge a transverse branch is given off which passes almost directly 
outwards to about the middle of the lateral margin, its surface 
being impressed with a single row of deep punctures; on either 
side at the base is a short longitudinal sulcus, external to which, 
between it and the outer border, is a deep fovea; the whole sur- 
face of the disc is free from punctures, with the exception of a 
broad semicircular space on its hinder portion, which is impressed 
with large deep punctures. Elytra narrowly ovate, slightly nar- 
rowed posteriorly, sides nearly parallel, each elytron impressed 
with eleven rows of deep punctures, the first row short; the 
punctures are regularly placed in a single line on-each stria;_ the 
striz (the middle of the basal portion of the disc excepted) sul- 
cate. 
Podontia Mouhoti. 
Elongata, convexa, castanea, nitida; antennis elytrisque flavis, 
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his piceo-marmoratis, fortiter punctato-striatis, striis apicem 
