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Pronotum closely and rather strongly punctured ; at the sides in front it 

 projects into shar|3, short teeth ; the apex laterally, broadly triangularly 

 projects ; the base in the middle is slightly and broadly incised. The 

 base of the mesonotum ia depressed broadly on the sides ; the depression 

 is widest on the innerside and is finely and closely punctured ; the 

 rest of the mesonotum bears scattered, moderately large and deep 

 punctures which are largest in the middle, close to the scutellum, it 

 being there blue coloured. Scutellum deeply punctured ; the punc- 

 tures are large and deep ; their boundary walls are mostly blue. 

 The post-scutellum projects over the median segment ; it is large, 

 broad at the base, becoming gradually narrowed towards the apex 

 which is rounded ; it is coarsely and deeply punctured like the scutel- 

 lum and is, for the greater part, blue. The median segment, imme- 

 diately beneath it, is stoutly punctured ; the sides with three stout 

 oblique keels. In the centre of the segment is a large area divided 

 down the centre by a stout keel ; the top is broadly rounded on either 

 side ; inside, above the middle on either side, are two stout, slightly 

 oblique keels ; below is a short, irregular, stout curved keel. The sides 

 of the segment triangularly project and are closely, rugosely punc- 

 tured. Propleurse irregularly striated and with some deep punctures ; 

 below the middle is a curved projection ; the part below this is closely 

 and minutely punctured. The tegulae large and rather strongly punc- 

 tured. Wings uniformly fuscous-violaceous ; the nervures black ; the 

 radius is thick. Abdomen : the apex of the first, the base and apex of the 

 second and the base of the third segments closely and minutely punc- 

 tured ; the rest of them bear larger, more widely separated punctures ; 

 the apical depressions are thickly and broadly covered on the basal 

 region with depressed white pubescence ; the apex beyond the depres- 

 sions is closely and strongly punctured ; the extreme edge is beset all 

 over with stout, mostly bluntly pointed, short spines intermixed with 

 smaller, sharper ones. The ventral surface is entirely coppery-brown 

 in colour and is smooth and shining. The apex of the first segment 

 in the centre and the base and apex of the second and third more broad- 

 ly blue ; the green has slight golden tints ; the sides of the first and 

 second seo-ments at the apex are covered with white pubescence. The 

 coxse trochanters and femora are bluish-green ; the fore femora at the 

 apex, the four front tibise anteriorly and the hinder knees, tibise 

 and tarsi are rufo-testaceous. 



