164 NEW SPECIES MELYRIDAE, CHRYSOMELIDAE AND TENEBRIONIDAE 



broken into two maculae on each side, of which the lateral may be 

 obsolete; a subapical transverse row of four maculae that seldom unite 

 on the suture ; apical maculae obsolete or variable in size. Pronotal 

 central figure dissolved into four maculae that may unite more or less to 

 form lobes or an almost constricted macula; lateral vitta broken into two 

 dots, it is seldom entire. 



Head relatively small, wider than the pronotal apex, about as long as 

 wide; eyes large, only moderately prominent; front broadly and not 

 strongly impressed, feebly convex on the vertex, punctures scarcely 

 coarse, dense anteriorly and more widely spaced on the vertex, muzzle 

 short. Antennae similar in the sexes, moderate in length, feebly com- 

 pressed, apical joints somewhat circular in transverse section, joints four 

 and five noticeably compressed; second joint rather stout, subglobular, 

 very slightly longer than wide, about as wide as the eighth; third about 

 as long as the second, about half as wide, obconico-cylindrical ; fourth 

 subtriangular, slightly longer than wide, apical margin oblique, prominent 

 anteriorly ; fifth nearly as wide as the tenth, subtriangular, slightly longer 

 than wide, apical margin slightly oblique, anterior margin prominent but 

 not sharply angulate ; sixth to the ninth similar in form, subtriangulo- 

 moniliform and subequal in length ; tenth stouter, about as long as wide, 

 subtriangular in outline as viewed from above ; eleventh scarcely twice as 

 long as wide, obovate, equal in width to the tenth. 



Pronotum about a third wider than long, rather evenly convex, a little 

 more declivous antero-laterally ; apex subtruncate in moderately circular 

 arc; sides broadly arcuate, less so anteriorly and moderately convergent 

 to apex, serrules small, subacute and rather widely spaced, fimbriae 

 moderate in length and coarseness, not very close; apical angles sub- 

 obtusely rounded; base broadly arcuate, almost moderately sinuate 

 laterally within the angles, which are evident but not strong ; disk dull in 

 lustre, at center not very densely asperately indentato-punctate, strongly 

 so laterally. 



Elytra oblong-oval, humeri rather prominent ; sides rather moderately 

 arcuate, apex rather broadly rounded ; disk not strongly punctate, punc- 

 tures rather shallow, separated by a distance equal to one or two times 

 their diameter, finer and sparser toward apex. 



Abdomen densely and finely punctate, surface rather microreticulate ; 

 fifth ventral segment modified on the disk in the male. 



Legs somewhat slender, femora rather moderate in stoutness. 



Male. Subparallel, oblong-subovate ; fifth ventral segment rather 

 short and broad, distinctly sinuate at apex, lateral angles moderately 

 rounded, sinus rather feebly rounded at bottom where the edge is slightly 

 beveled ; adjacent surface more or less glabrous and the surrounding 



