I.i:\n|;ls. 



consequently meet. Elytra flat, pubescent, parallel, with no costse ; 

 tlic surface thickly studded with very minute obtuse tubercles. 



Dexoris insignis. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 11.) 



Waterh., Tram. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 117. 



Ochraceus, Bub velutinus ; antennis basin versus obscurioribus ; 

 thoraoe trapezoidali, autiec rotundato, subnitido, supra in partes 

 tresdiviso; scutello basi angustato, apice fere bilobo; elytris pa- 



rallelis, deprcssis, tuberculis minutis obtusis crebre adspersis. 



Long. 3 lin. 

 Hah. Sierra Leone. 



Dull ocbraceous, appearing velvety. Head longitudinally im- 

 pressed above; eyes black; antenna? thickest at the third joint, 

 gradually tapering to the apex, brown at the base, becoming yellow 

 towards the tip. Thorax transverse, somewhat rounded in front, 

 rather straight at the sides ; above with a well-marked oblique carina 

 on each side, reaching from the middle of the hind margin to the 

 anterior margin just above the eye. Scutellum narrowed at the 

 base, deeply notched at the apex. Elytra flat, velvety, closely besei 

 with minute blunt tubercles. 



