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read "Joint 3 of antennae not longer than twice its width at 

 the apex," corresponding to "Joint 3 of antennae much more 

 than twice as long as wide" against "CC." 



PARALEPIDIOTA. 



P. lepidoptera, sp. nov., Mas. Sat elongata, postice parum 

 dilatata ; rufotestacea, antennarum flabello dilutiori ; 

 supra squamis parvis albidis vestita, his in capite pronoto 

 pedibusque sparsis sat crassis in elytris sparsis subtilibus 

 magis setif ormibus in pygidio subtilibus sat confertis ; 

 sternis et meso-thorace pallide fulvo-villosis ; segmentis 

 ventralibus squamis minimis albidis sat confertim 

 vestitis : clypeo latera versus grosse sparsim punctulato,. 

 alte reflexo, antice emarginato ; fronte in parte postica 

 crebre minus grosse punctulata ; palporum maxillarium 

 articulis 2° modico 3° brevi 4° quam 2 US 3 US que con- 

 junct nonnihil longiori, hoc supra late profunde 

 excavato ; antennis 10-articulatis, articulis 3° quam 2 list 

 sat longiori 4° brevi intus spiniformi 5°-10° fortiter 

 laminiformibus (lamina basali quam ceterae paullo 

 breviori ; prothorace quam longiori ut 5 ad 3 latiori, 

 antice sat fortiter angustato, supra sparsim subfortiter 

 punctulato, lateribus fortiter crenulatis mox pone medium 

 subangulatis, angulis posticis acute rectis, basi subtiliter 

 marginata; scutello sat crebre minus fortiter punctu- 

 lato ; elytris longitudinaliter leviter costulatis, sat crebre 

 vix fortiter punctulatis ; pygidio crebre subtilius punctu- 

 lato ; tibiis anticis extus fortiter tridentatis, posticis 

 transversim vix manifeste carinatis ; tarsis posticis quam 

 tibiae paullo brevioribus ; unguiculis magnis, intus pone 

 medium dente parvo instructis ; segmento ventrali 

 apicali postice late emarginato. Long., 11 1. ; lat., 5J 1. 

 Feminae palpis maxillaribus quam maris brevioribus, anten- 

 narum articulo 4° haud spiniformi flabello multo breviori, 

 prothorace ad latera dilatato vix angulatim, elytris minus 

 concinne punctulatis, tarsis brevioribus, segmento ven- 

 trali, apicali haud emarginato. Long., 12 1. ; lat., 5f 1. 

 In this species the prothorax is somewhat conspicuously 

 small as compared with the elytra, and is very strongly con- 

 vex. The lamellae of the antennal flabellum of the male are 

 fully as long as joints 1-4 together. A thick fringe of long 

 fulvous hairs protrudes over the base of the elytra from 

 beneath the basal margin of the pronotum. There is no 

 apparent sternal projection behind the front coxae. I am 

 fairly certain that the male and female described are 

 specifically identical, since the only differences I find between 

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