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broadly truncate at the apex, the external angle being extended downwards to a point, 

 while the basal half of the process is dilated into a broadly trianglar sharply 

 pointed tooth, the greatest width of the process being 1 mm. ; the upper surface 

 with regular rows of large, bare and rather transverse punctures ; the intervals 

 scarcely broader than the punctures, smooth and shiny, and each bearing a row of 

 Jong erect scale-like setae, which are deeply emarginate at the tip ; the scales are 

 small, convex, fluted and almost circular, the apical edge being somewhat flattened. 

 Legs stout, without any long silky hairs ; the front tibiae shallowly bisinuate internally 



Fig. 1. Sy states ramosus, sp. n., Mshl., <$. 



and having at the apex on the lower surface a broad deep cup-like cavity, the inner 

 basal margin of which is produced into a short lobe bearing four stout spines, with 

 two others above it ; the mid tibiae with a shallow longitudinal impression on the 

 lower surface at the apex with three short spines on its anterior edge ; the hind tibiae 

 not distorted, the inner surface smooth and flattened almost to the base, its lower 

 edge with small denticulations. 



Length, 7£ ; breadth, 3J mm. 



$. Differs only as follows :— The elytra are broader and shorter, not nearly so much 

 narrowed posteriorly, the dorsal outline being much more convex and steeper behind ; 

 the apical excavation on the front tibiae is much shallower, and the hind tibiae are 

 not flattened internally, except narrowly in the apical third, both edges being 

 distinctly denticulate. 



Length, 6-7; breadth, 3£-3| mm, 

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