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the bases of the antennse from view. Antennfe, first two joints 

 shining and rounded, third joint longest, after the third joint the 

 antennae are gradually thickened towards the apex. Prothorax 

 cylindrical, sides with bisinuate margins ; front margin straight, 

 brownish ; posterior to the front margin the surface is trans- 

 versely strigose and is sparsely covered with fine brownish hairs. 

 Disc smooth, shining, with a few deep punctures. At the base in 

 the middle is a very deep triangular fossa. On each side of the 

 disc two depressions, the anterior shallower than the posterior ; 

 concavity of the depressions with deep punctures. Scutellum 

 small, oval, smooth, shining. In this specimen there are about 

 four small punctures near the margins. Elytra parallel sided, 

 with four costee on each elytron. The first costa is slightly 



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Agonia {Ekatjonia) krisJina. X 8. 



elevated, the suture is as much elevated as the first costa if not 

 more. The second costa is more elevated than the first, the 

 third and fourth prominently elevated. All the costse meet at 

 the apex of the elytra. On each elytron there are altogether ten 

 parallel rows of punctures disposed as follows : — Between the 

 suture and first costa one row ; between first and second costse 

 two rows ; between second and third costse two rows ; between 

 third and fourth costae two rows ; between fourth and lateral 

 margin three rows. Underside smooth, shining, sparsely covered 

 with brownish hairs ; mentum, coxee, margins of the abdominal 

 sternites, tibipe and tarsi with brownish tinge ; fourth joint of 

 tarsus not longer than the third, claws more or less hidden in 

 the thick pubescence of the underside of the tarsus. 



