Coleopterological Notices, IV. 625 



constituting scarcely more than one-third of the mass ; anterior coxse 

 widely separated, the prosternum flat, not armed in the male II 



Body more or less oblong-oval, subglabrous, the beak extremely slender, 

 sometimes nearly straight, tumid above at base, the transverse constric- 

 tion distinct ; prosternum generally armed or otherwise modified before 

 the coxse in the male ; second funicular joint short Ill 



Body narrow and linear, subglabrous ; beak very slender, not tumid at 

 base; prosternum armed in the male, the processes sometimes extremely 

 developed; second funicular joint short ; anterior coxse rather narrowly 

 separated IV 



Body moderately dilated, convex, subglabrous except in longula; beak 

 thicker, not at all tumid at base, the transverse impression completely 

 obsolete, represented by a frontal fovea ; prosternum never armed in the 

 male ; anterior coxse rather narrowly separated ; second funicular joint 

 long V 



The species may be distinguished as follows :> — 



Subgenus I. 

 Elytral intervals each with a single series of punctures, the third not more 

 conspicuously squamose behind the middle. 

 Pronotum bordered at the sides with an abruptly defined vitta of pale scales. 

 Vitta broad, composed of very large, broad and close-set scales ; pronotal 

 punctures coarse. 

 Prothorax distinctly wider than long, strongly constricted at apex ; 

 anterior coxse separated by one-half of their own width ; body stout. 



1 bracata 

 Prothorax almost as long as wide, more feebly constricted near the apex, 

 almost evenly but still more coarsely punctate ; anterior coxse sepa- 

 rated by nearly their own width ; body elongate-oval... 2 lilllbifei' 

 Vitta narrow but conspicuous, composed of slender, elongate but large 

 and rather close-set scales, which are easily removable ; pronotal punc- 

 tures fine ....3 blandita 



Vitta broad but very faint, composed of small, narrow and remotely dis- 

 tant scales ; body much narrower and more depressed 4 tabida 



Pronotum without an abrupt marginal vitta, the vestiture, however, often 

 gradually a little more distinct toward the sides. 

 Elytral grooves coarse, always more than one-half as wide as the intervals, 

 the punctures of the latter coarse. 

 Form depressed, the pronotum parallel, nearly as long as wide, rounded 



and narrowed anteriorly 5 deplaiiata 



Form rather convex, the pronotum much wider than long, narrowed 



through apical half 6 punctiger 



Elytral grooves generally finer, or with the intervals more finely punctate. 

 Pronotal punctures fine, very remote, unevenly distributed and irregular 

 in size ; body rather dark rufo-testaceous throughout. 



7 deniidata 



