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apical third or fourth of the elytra ; first joint about one-fourth 

 longer than the third, subasperate in front, punctured above ; 

 third joint about one-third longer than the fourth, sparsely punc- 

 tured and nitid above ; fifth to ninth striated to a greater or less 

 extent in front, partly also above ; the last two joints longi- 

 tudinally striated and dull all over. Pronotum with two large 



Fig. 12. Bhaphipodus taprobanicus, Gahan, 



sparsely punctured shiny spaces near the middle, a smaller, sub- 

 nitid, strongly punctured spot external to each of these and a 

 sparsely punctured, narrow, transverse band near the base ; its 

 sides denticulate, for the most part sub-parallel, but rounded 

 off towards the front margin, projecting and strongly toothed 

 near the base. Elytra shiny at the base and for some distance 

 back alongside of the suture, the rest of their^ surface very 

 minutely granulate and more or less dull. Femora'' and [tibiae of 



