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sinuata; elytris ^ striis 1-3 integris et validis , 4-5 apicalihus , 

 suturali nulla; prosterno afigustato haud striato; mesosterno mar- 

 ginato. Long. 2 V4 '/^i^^- 



Oval, little convex ; forehead lightly impressed , stria entire 

 rather fine and straight anteriorly ; thorax marginal stria very 

 fine and ceasing at the anterior angle, internal entire, strong 

 and sinuous at the sides , crenulate behind the neck , lateral 

 interstice rather wide, scutellar fovea small and shallow ; elytra, 

 striae 1-3 strong and entire, 4-5 apical reaching just beyond 

 the middle, the 4.^ is just longer than the 5.% the 5.' a little 

 crenulate and anteriorly slightly turned away from the suture, 

 the interstices between the 4.^ and 5.^ striae and the 5.^ and 

 the suture are the widest, the posterior edge of the elytra is 

 obscurely scratched and punctured ; prop_;, gidium rather coarsely 

 punctate ; pygi lium similarly punctured across the centre, mar- 

 gins smooth; presternum is narrow, especially in the middle 

 of the keel and the anterior lobe is clearly punctured; the 

 mesosternum is rather deeply incised, the stria is entire and 

 after following the outline of the incision it leaves the anterior 

 margin and passes obliquely down the sides to the base of the 

 metasternum, a triangular space is thus left at each anterior 

 angle of the mesosternum. The metasternum has a median lon- 

 gitudinal stria which deepens and widens posteriorly. 



It may be known from elingue Lew. in being more convex 

 and by the interstices of the lateral margin being wider and 

 the stria more sinuous. 



Hab. Garin Gheba 900-1100 m. One example. 



21. Platysoma dufali, Mars. 



Hah. Garin Ghecù 1300-1500 m. Garin Ascimi Ghecù 1400- 

 1500 m. 



22. Contipus latitibìus, Mars., Mon. 1853, p. 543. 



Hister latitihius. Mars., Mon., 1861, p. 527, t. 13. f. 18. 

 This species is a true Contipus although Marseul placed it in 

 Hister 8 years after forming the first genus. The figure in his 



