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groove with subcarinate ed^es extends into and divide=5 the 

 l)ioad, deep, semicircular, basal fossa, and is prolonged as a 

 carina to the basal margin ; lateral lovese deep and prolonged 

 forwards as distinct grooves, between these and the median 

 groove the surface is somewhat ridged longitudinally t iwards 

 the base. Klytra subquadrate, slightly longer and evidently 

 broader tlran the thorax, slightly curvedly narrowed at the 

 shoulders j sutural strife deep, broad, and distinctly fovei- 

 form at the base ; dorsal impressions short, broad, and deep. 

 Hind body with deflexed apical segments, so as to seem 

 shorter than the elytra ; first segment with a fine carina at 

 each side of the feeble median impression at the base, second 

 horizontal and about as long as the first. 



Femora robust, the posterior much less so ; the intermediate 

 tibijie gradually yet considerably expanded towards the extre- 

 mity, which is deeply notched. 



Antennce shorter than the head and thorax, moderately 

 slender, with the terminal joints almost forming a triarticulate 

 club; second joint quite oblong and rather longer than the 

 exposed portion of the basal one, third rather longer than 

 broad, obconical, much smaller than second; joints 4-8 sub- 

 nionilif'orm, small, broader than long, fifth and seventh 

 slightly larger than adjacent ones ; ninth subquadrate, twice 

 as large as its predecessor and longer than tiie transverse 

 tenth, the terminal conical and subacuminate, as long as the 

 pieceding two combined. 



Male. — Metasternum broadly impressed. Basal ventral 

 segment covered b}' the femora, ciliate behind, 2-4 equal, 

 fifth widely incurved, the middle hardly more than half the 

 length of the fourth; sixth longer than fifth, widely, deeply, 

 and angularly emarginate; seventh also large and broad. 



The male of E. carinafus, 3204, has the sides and base of 

 the thorax rather coarsely punctate, but the basal fossa is not 

 so deep ; the legs are evidently thicker, ami the middle tibiae 

 are not only thicker but also shorter and less deeply notched 

 at the extremity ; the anterior tibioe have along the inside 

 near the apex a fringe of yellow pubescence which is lacking 

 in this species, and the insect itself is smaller. E. sc/iizo- 

 cneniis, 3203, may be distinguished by the coloration, even 

 ;ind less deeply marked thorax, without the least sign of 

 longitudinal ridging; the elytra are gradually narrowed 

 from near their apices to the base and their strire are not so 

 deep ; the thighs are much stouter, the intermediate tibire are 

 broader, the apical excision is larger and the outer angle 

 more prolonged, and the head is only obsoletely punctured. 



J. Length 2; breadth 5 mm. 



