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and marked with very fine striae, and a series of large square 

 punctures in a groove extending from the humeral angles to 

 beyond the middle. 



652.— Allecula subsulcata. n. sp. 

 Length 5| lines. 

 Dark brown, and subnitid, with the parts of the mouth, apex of 

 the antennae, and tarsi, piceous red. Head and thorax densely 

 punctate, the latter not broader than the head, almost square, a 

 little rounded on the sides and broadly depressed on the anterior 

 half of the median line. Elytra deeply striato-punctate, with the 

 interstices smooth and slightly elevated, and with an abbreviated 

 stria near the scutellum. 



653. — Allecula punctipennis. n. sp. 

 Length 6^ lines. 

 Brown, opaque, and clothed with short semi-erect brown setae. 

 Head and thorax densely and finely punctate, the latter rather 

 broader than the head, subquadrate, slightly rounded on the sides. 

 and without trace of median line. Elytra a little broader than 

 the thorax and deeply striato-punctate, with the punctures larger 

 towards the base, and with the interstices slightly elevated. Legs 

 and palpi opaque, reddish brown. 



654 — Allecula Pascoel n. sp. 

 Length 5f lines. 

 Brown, opaque, densely and finely punctate, and clothed with 

 a fulvous pubescence. Thorax transverse, rounded on the sides 

 and anterior angles, and slightly lobed at the base. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, and in addition to the dense puncturation 

 of the whole surface, marked with fine but distinct punctate strias 

 with an abbreviate one near the scutellum. Under surface, legs, 

 and antennae of a reddish bi'own. 



655. — Allecula Mastersil n. sp. 

 Length 3 1 lines. 

 Brown, subopaque, densely punctate and densely clothed with 



