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punctate above, especially near the thoracic margin; slightly 

 rugulose at the sides, almost impunctate in front ; impressed with 

 a median line on the front and inter-antennary ridge. Prothorax 

 feebly and very sparsely punctulate, slightly rounded in the middle 

 of the front margin ; the anterior transverse groove strongly 

 marked ; the disc somewhat raised, rather flat in the middle, with 

 two obtuse tubercles in front and two sharper and more widely 

 separated tubercles behind ; each side with an obtuse transversely 

 elongated tubercle just behind the anterior transverse groove, in 

 addition to the strong conical tubercle at the middle. Elytra 

 feebly and sparsely punctulate near the base and apex ; more 

 densely along the intermediate area, where also they are often 

 finely rugulose or coriaceous ; each rounded at the apex. Meta- 

 sternum distinctly but very sparsely punctured. Femora densely 

 punctate. First joint of hind tarsus slightly compressed laterally, 

 longer than the next two united. Fifth abdominal segment of the 

 male with a deep sinuate emargination at the apex ; the sixth with 

 a feebler sinuate emargination. Antennae as long as the body in 

 the male, and about one-fifth shorter in the female. 



Length 35-50 : breadtJi 8-13 mm. 



Sab. Assam. 



Fig. 79. Aplirodisium planicolle, v. de Poll. X . 



226. Aphrodisium planicolle, van de Poll, Notes Leyd. Mm. xii, 

 p. 155 (1890). 



Agrees entirely in coloration with A. cantori, Hope, which it 



