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  Mr. 
  G. 
  R. 
  Waterhoase's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  

  

  granulato; 
  elytris 
  crenato-striatis 
  ; 
  tliorace 
  elytiisque 
  late- 
  

   ribus 
  flavo-squamosis 
  ; 
  pectore 
  ventreque 
  flavo-squamosis, 
  

   nigro-maculatis. 
  

   Long. 
  Corp., 
  rostr. 
  excl., 
  lin. 
  7| 
  ; 
  lat. 
  lin. 
  2§. 
  

   Patria, 
  Africa 
  meridionali 
  occidentali. 
  

  

  Head 
  very 
  broad, 
  convex, 
  covered 
  above 
  with 
  small 
  shallow 
  

   depressions, 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  minute 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   part 
  rugose. 
  Rostrum 
  rather 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  though 
  

   still 
  very 
  broad, 
  subquadrate, 
  nearly 
  flat 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  

   transverse 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  two 
  shal- 
  

   low, 
  oblique 
  depressions, 
  leaving 
  a 
  triangular 
  area 
  between 
  them, 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  triangle 
  being 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  fovea 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle; 
  jaws 
  short 
  and 
  stout; 
  the 
  whole 
  upper 
  surface 
  rugose, 
  

   and 
  thickly 
  punctulated. 
  Thorax 
  fully 
  one-fourth 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long, 
  ratlier 
  narrower 
  in 
  front 
  than 
  behind, 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  but 
  little 
  convex, 
  covered 
  with 
  small 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  

   raised 
  tubercles; 
  a 
  dorsal 
  furrow 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  nearly 
  to 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  slightly 
  raised, 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   angles 
  somewhat 
  acute. 
  Scutellum 
  broadest 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  con- 
  

   tracted 
  and 
  elongated 
  behind 
  ; 
  thickly 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  much 
  

   elongated, 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  tlie 
  thorax, 
  and 
  about 
  

   equal 
  to 
  that 
  [)art 
  in 
  width; 
  the 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  but 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  they 
  are 
  slightly 
  attenuated, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  with 
  

   tlie 
  sutural 
  portion 
  (which 
  is 
  here 
  considerably 
  raised) 
  produced 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  form 
  projecting 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  the 
  margin 
  raised, 
  and 
  the 
  humeral 
  angle 
  slightly 
  pro- 
  

   minent, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  acute; 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  striae 
  are 
  

   tolerably 
  large, 
  nearly 
  square, 
  and 
  separated 
  by 
  transverse 
  ridges; 
  

   interstices 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  and, 
  under 
  a 
  strong 
  lens, 
  they 
  appear 
  

   to 
  be 
  nearly 
  covered 
  with 
  minute 
  round 
  scales.* 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  and 
  elytra, 
  the 
  under 
  part 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  

   legs, 
  the 
  chest, 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  bright 
  yellow 
  

   scales, 
  which 
  have 
  an 
  undefined 
  outline, 
  and 
  a 
  dull 
  velvet-like 
  

   surface; 
  the 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  nearly 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  terminal 
  segment, 
  and 
  the 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   chest, 
  are 
  denuded, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  scaly 
  parts 
  are 
  seen 
  

   minute 
  black 
  punctures. 
  The 
  remaining 
  parts 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  glossy, 
  if 
  the 
  femora 
  be 
  excepted, 
  these 
  being 
  red 
  ; 
  small 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  remarkable 
  thai 
  tlicse 
  minute 
  particles, 
  which 
  certainly 
  have 
  

   all 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  scales, 
  exhibit 
  no 
  colour, 
  but 
  are 
  glossy 
  black, 
  like 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  whicii 
  they 
  cover 
  ; 
  if 
  they 
  be 
  discoloured, 
  how 
  could 
  the 
  broad 
  bright 
  band 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  escaped 
  discolouration 
  ? 
  

  

  