Sijccicji of Am2')hizoa. 121 



AmpMzoa Lc Contci, sp. nov. 



L. c. 6 lin. — Ovalis, subdepressa, rugose sculptnrata, 

 nigro-picea, capite atque pronoto rufo-piceis ; elytris ad 

 media in costam sive carinam longitudinalem elevatis, 

 nigro-piceis sutur^, interstitiis striarum, carina elevate, 

 vitta sat lat^ ad latera atque epipleuris rufescentibus ; 

 pedibus atque antennis rufo-piceis. 



Head moderate, quadrate, more finely punctured than 

 the thorax, with a deep longitudinal impression on each 

 side near the eye ; eyes small ; antenna:^ and palpi mode- 

 rate rufo-piceous. 



Thorax rufo-piceous, with the sides rufescent, short, 

 transverse, widest at the base, with the sides rounded near 

 the middle, strongly margined, with the margins faintly 

 crenate, anterior angles much produced, posterior margin 

 nearly straight with the angles acute, not produced ; 

 rugosely punctured, with a deep central channel, crossed 

 by transverse fovepe near the base and apex and in the 

 middle, sides depressed, with a semicircular elevation on 

 each side near the middle. 



Scutdlnm piceous, triangular, I'ugosely punctured, with 

 a longitudinal impression on each side near the middle. 



Elytra oval, widest at the middle, rugosely punctured, 

 punctate-striate, with a carina between the fourth and 

 fifth striae strongly elevated anteriorly, but disappearing 

 towards the apex ; piceous with the suture, elevated carina, 

 interstices, a rather broad vitta near the sides, and the 

 epipleurse rather brightly rufescent, apex slightly truncate, 

 with the sutural angles acute. 



Legs moderate, slender, simple, rufo-piceous. 



