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vis ampliata, medio basi thoracis duplo latiora, apice conjun 

 ctim rotuudata, dorso parum convexa, postice subretusa, lateri- 

 bus inflexa, juxta suturam transversim rugulosa ibique et ad 

 latera seriato-punctata, in disco rugoso-scrobiculata, costis dua- 

 bus irregularibus elevatis, interiore minus fortiter tuberculata, 

 exteriore remote callosa; squamositate umbrina, setulis minutis, 

 nigris, immixta, vestita; ante medium dorsi utrimque pläga e 

 setulis subfasciculatim condensatis, plus minusve distincta, antice 

 posticeque striga albida tevminata. Corpus subtus et pedes 

 dense umbrino-squamosa, disperse nigro-setulosa, abdomine fe- 

 moribusque fusco-maculatis. 



148. Spartecerus brevipennis: niger, fusco-ochraceo-squamosus; 

 fronte impressa, supra oculos cristata; thorace rugoso-tubercu- 

 lato, medio canaliculato; elytris suborbicularibus, trifariam 

 tuberculato-costatis, humeris dentatis. Long. ICH, lat. 7 mill. 



Caput et thorax, quoad formationem sculpturamque ut 

 in Spartecero hypocrita, indumentum vero fusco-ochraceum, 

 vix maculatum. Elytra, deute laterali antico excepto, orbicu- 

 laria, medio basi thoracis fere triplo latiora, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata, dorso parum convexa, postice perpendiculariter 

 declivia, lateribus inflexa, juxta suturam transversim rugulosa 

 ibique et ad latera seriato-punctata, in disco rugoso-foveolata, 

 trifariam tuberculato-costata, sutura postice elevata; fusco- 

 ochraceo-squamosa, lituris albidis vix nisi ad margines laterum 

 conspicuis. Corpus subtus et pedes fusco-ochraceo-squamosa, 

 disperse nigro-setulosa. 



149. Spartecerus depressus: niger, fusco-cinereo-pulverulentus, 

 dorso depressus, capite thoraceque anaglyptice sculpturatis, 

 hoc lateribus subspinoso; elytris in disco rugoso-scrobiculatis 

 tuberculatisque, dorso postice carina truncata terminato, Im- 

 mens dentatis. Long. 8, lat. 4 millim. 



Caput transversum, supra parum convexum, carinulis qua- 

 tuor alte elevatis praeditum, intermediis postice conniventibus, 

 exterioribus supra-ocularibus; oculi laterales, depressi: rostrum 

 capite paullo longius, arcuatum, supra ad basin 4-foveolatum, 

 apice breviter sulcatum. Antennte verticem haud excedentes, 

 nigrte, clava atro-holosericea. Thorax latitudine baseos non 

 brevior, nee antice angustior, ante medium calloso-dilatatus, 

 callis tuberculatis, postice subspinosis ; basi truncatus, apice 

 trisinuatus, supra depressus, punetatus, medio obsolete canali- 

 culatus, basi utrimque calloso-elevatus, dorso lineis elevatis, 

 reticulatim compositis, in margine antico incrassatis, areas 

 quinque includentibus, mediam subrhombicam, duasque utrim- 

 que adjacentes, anteriores oblongas, posteriores oblique subtri- 

 angulares. Elytra thoraci arete applicata, pone humeros, den- 

 tato-extensos, haud ampliata, medio basi thoracis duplo latiora, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, latitudine vix dimidio longiora, 

 dorso depressa, postice declivia, lateribus inflexa, prope sutu- 



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