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spur. (I find the same feature, though in a less marked degree, 

 in the type specimen of Adotela Frencin, SI.) 



Parpoa laevigata, spec. nov. 



Form light, elongate ; dorsal surface tevigate. Shining Idack. 



Male. — Head large, not narrowed behind eyes, occipital part 

 smooth, wide, convex ; a broad sliallow impression on each side 

 between the eyes extending forward to the clypeus ; front convex 

 between these impressions ; clypeal suture indistinct : clypeus 

 very lightly emarginate in front, a shallow triangular impression 

 on each side, having a setigerous puncture placed at its inner 

 angle ; eyes round, convex, not prominent or inclosed behind. 

 Labrum short, lightly emarginate and sexsetose in front ; the 

 anterior angles rounded ; median sulcus wanting towards anterior 

 margin, but perceptible near clypeus. Pejiultimate joint of 

 maxillary palpi short, triangular, with a short erect seta 

 on inner side ; last joint a little flattened, lightly narrowed 

 to apex, truncate ; penultimate joint of labial palpi with 

 two set;e in front and two shorter ones (one on 

 side) at apex; last joint broad, liardly narrowed to 

 truncate ; external edge arcuate. Antennte slender, 



moniliform ; second joint shorter than fourth : last 



eadi 

 apex, 



sul)- 

 short, 

 mm.). 



obtuse. Prothorax subcordate, as long as broad (-5 x ■) 

 widest a little before the middle, convex, lightly declivous 

 behind ; sides subparallel between the marginal punctures, 

 shortly rounded to anterior angles, lightly narrowed behind;, 

 base truncate ; anterior margin truncate between anterior angles ; 

 these shortly but decidedly advanced ; basal angles rectangular; 

 marginal border narrow, a little widened in front to form the 

 anterior angles, very narrow on sides near base, lightly sinuate 

 before the base, wider, less reflexed, and entire on base ; inedian 

 line lightly impressed ; a well-marked oblique line extending from 

 each anterior angle about one-third across the prothorax just 

 behind the anterior margin. Elytra oval (9 x 5-5 mm.), convex, 

 lightly declivous liehind, declivous to peduncle behind scutellum ; 

 sides subparallel in middle ; shoulders rounded off ; apex broadly 

 rounded ; suture strongly impressed : lateral border narrow, 

 equal ; a single puncture at the base of each elytron ; three 

 lateral punctures on each side, one behind the shoulder, the other 

 two a little distance apart where the apical curve of the elytra 

 begins. Prosternum deeply excavate between the coxa3, not 

 produced backwards behind them, smooth in front of coxse ; 

 anterior margin bordered. Ventral segments smooth, without 

 lateral impressions, ambulatorial setse present, two punctures on 

 each side of anus. Legs light : femora not channelled below ;; 

 anterior dilatate in middle, posterior with lower side not pro- 

 duced in middle : antei-ior tibi;e with apex wide and formino- a 



