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base of the scape ; integuments above shining, sparsely squamose, the 

 scales always distinctly separated, rounded, thick, covered with a var-. 

 nish-like coating; pubescence long, erect, rather dense, distributed with- 

 out trace of order on the elytra. Head wider than long, conical, evenly, 

 not strongly convex, coarsely but not very densely punctate, separated 

 from the beak by a deep, abrupt, transversely and posteriorly arcuate 

 groove, which, at the sides, is well in advance of the eyes ; the latter 

 large, feebly convex; beak very slightly longer than the head, distinctly 

 longer than wide, very feebly dilated at apex, broadly, feebly, and 

 evenly convex, coarsely, very densely punctate toward base, feebly and 

 very sparsely so toward apex, where it is feebly and transversely im- 

 pressed in a posteriorly arcuate line inclosing an angulate elevation at 

 the middle of the apical edge ; scrobes lateral, though slightly visible 

 from above, deep, evenly arcuate and descending, becoming evanescent 

 just below and very near the apical margin of the eye ; antennae rather 

 slender ; scape slender, strongly clavate, nearly attaining the middle of 

 the eye, scarcely two-thirds as long as the funicle ; the latter slender, 

 all the joints distinctly elongate, first two not perceptibly thicker than 

 the third, first three uniformly and very gradually decreasing in length, 

 seventh obconical ; club elongate, slender, pointed, annulate, one-half 

 as long as the scape. Prothorax distinctly wider than long, scarcely 

 perceptibly narrowed from base to apex ; sides almost evenly and mod- 

 erately arcuate ; base and apex truncate ; disk evenly convex, coarsely, 

 very densely, and deeply punctate; punctures somewhat longitudinally 

 coalescent ; interspaces sometimes with fine, distant punctures; scales 

 three or four times as sparse as those of the elytra. Elytra two and 

 one-half times longer, and more than one-third wider, than prothorax, 

 nearly twice as long as wide, oval, rather acutely rounded behind from 

 above ; humeri dentiform ; sides nearly straight from near the base to 

 just behind the middle ; disk convex, slightly prominent behind on the 

 suture ; sutural line slightly inflexed toward apex ; surface with very 

 feeble striae, which contain large, very deep, perforate punctures ; 

 the latter distant in the series by slightly more than their own 

 diameters; intervals flat, and about twice as wide as the punctures. 

 Legs moderate ; femora robust ; anterior tibiae not denticulate within ; 

 first joint of tarsi distinctly longer than wide. Abdomen sparsely 

 squamose, sparsely and finely setose ; first suture feebly arcuate in the 

 middle half; second segment slightly longer than the next two together. 

 Xiength 7.5 mm. 



Texas (exact locality not specified 1). 



The ocular lobes are totally obsolete, but the fringe of vibrissae 

 is well marked and conspicuous. 



This species differs from liispida Horn in its feebler elytral 

 striaB, and much coarser and deeper strial punctures. 



