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some places, and densely punctate. Thorax much longer than 

 the breadth, flattened in the middle and finely serrated on the 

 sides. Elytra closely punctato-striate, with a depression behind 

 the scutellum. 



310. — Omma Stanley:, Newm. A^m. Nat. Hist. III., 

 •page 303. 



311. — Omma Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 4 lines. 



Black, opaque, densely punctate and closely covered with 

 scales. Head flat, sprinkled with white scales, and afiixed to the 

 thorax by a large neck. Thorax about the width of the head, 

 broader than the length, much rounded at the anterior angles, 

 deeply and largely bi-foveated in fi-ont, truncate at the base, and 

 sprinkled with white scales over the basal portion. Scutellum 

 transverse, truncate, and covered with wliite scales. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax at the base, gradually enlarging towards 

 the apex, separately rounded at the apex, coarsely striato-punc- 

 tate, and marked with a humeral spot, a median wavy fascia, 

 a lateral vitta not reaching the base, and a sutural vitta 

 confined to the apical third, composed of white scales. The 

 under side of the body and the legs are closely covered with 

 white scales. 



LATHRIDID^. 



312. CORTICAKIA POLITA. n. sp. 



Length § of a line. 



Greenish-black, nitid, convex. Head punctate. Antennae 

 with the base red, and club black. Thorax ' nearly square, 

 not broader than the head, a little rounded on the sides, covered 

 with large punctures, with two foveaD near the base, and four 

 setigerous points on the sides, one of them forming the posterior 

 angle. Elytra broader than the thorax and rounded at the apex. 



