516 L. FAIRMAIRK 



I*iestog , na.tIivis asperi peiinis. 



Long. 10 à 14 mill. — </". Oblongus aut oblongo-ovatus 

 valde convexus, niger, valde nitidus, elytris apicem versus 

 subopacis, tarsis piceis, antennis nitidis, articulo ultimo fusco 

 brunneo ; capite densissime rugoso-punctato , fere opaco , 

 mandibulis exsertis , supra concavis , antennis diinidio corpore 

 sensim longioribus , articulo 3.° duobus sequentibus conjunctis 

 baud longiore , articulo ultimo subarcuato , articulis 5 primis 

 conjunctis fere longiore; prothorace transversim sub-quadrato , 

 antice vix angustiore, lateribus fere rectis, margine antice 

 baud profunde sinuato, dense pallido-ciliato, angulis anticis 

 obtusis aut rotundatis , margine postico utrinque late si- 

 nuato , angulis breviter obliquatis, parum dense sat tenuiter 

 profunde punctato, spatio medio plus minusve angusto laevi; 

 elytris ante medium dilatatis , postice attenuatis, apice abrupte 

 rotundatis, basi punctatis, levissime asperatis , paulatim punc- 

 tato-asperatis , rugulosis, et postice densissime ac fortius aspe- 

 ratis ; sterno medio grosse punctato , lateribus fere laevi , 

 abdomine dense, basi fortius punctato, medio impresso, seg- 

 ments 2 primis medio apice foveolatis; pedibus anticis longe 

 tenuiter pilosis, tibiis valde bidentatis, tarsis glabris; ungui- 

 culis elongatis rufescentibus. 



9. Breviter ovatus, antice paulo attenuatus, gibboso-con- 

 vexus, niger, omnino valde nitidus, pedibus nigro-piceis; 

 capite rugoso-punctato, summo tantum dense punctato, an- 

 tennis brevibus, prothoracis medium haud superantibus, ar- 

 ticulo ultimo tribus penultimis conjunctis paulo breviore , 

 prothorace transverso, longitudine duplo latiore, antice paulo 

 angustiore, lateribus leviter arcuatis, basi breviter obliquatis, 

 antice late - emarginato , pube aureo-sericea antice vestito , 

 sat fortiter parum dense punctato , margine postico medio 

 fere recto, utrinque sinuato impresso, elytris amplis valde 

 convexis, breviter ovatis, basi truncatis, antice sat dense 

 punctatis, post medium punctato-aspera^is, apicem versus 

 densius; prosterno medio, meso et metasterno grosse ac dense 



