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ticulate, with a large tooth at the apex. Scape extending back a little 

 beyond the posterior fifth of the bead, 3rd— 8 th joints of the flagellum 

 wider than long, the 3-jointed club not very thick, longer than the rest 

 of the flagellum. Anterior margin of pronotum convex, the shoulders 

 very round. Pro-iuesonotal suture very feeble or obsolete. Thorax 

 strongly constricted between the meso- and epinotum, the meso- 

 epinotal suture narrow and distinct. The mesonotum has a shallow 

 and transverse impression in the middle. The dorsum and declivity of 

 the epinotum, seen in profile, form a continuous and low curve ; the 

 declivity marginate at the sides, the raised margins being continued 

 over the dorsum almost to its base ; the dorsum a little longer than 

 the declivity. 



The 1st node is much longer from above to below (i. e. deeper) than 

 it is wide above, compressed and almost lamelliform. The nodal 

 portion of the segment, seen from above, is nearly hemispherical, 

 narrower in front than behind, as long as wide behind. Second node 

 more or less transversely oval, or subglobose, a little wider than long, 

 wider than the 1st. Abdomen oval. 



9 ■ 3 - 5 mm. Brown, mandibles, antennae and legs paler. Pilosity 

 abundant, composed of long and short hairs intermixed. Antennae, 

 legs, sides and vertex of head finely pubescent. The hairs on the 

 abdomen are exserted and very long, shorter and less abundant on the 

 thorax. On each side of the head, behind and between the eyes and 

 the median line, there is a very smooth and shining area, which is 

 tumid in the middle. The rest of the head finelv striate, except the 

 clypeus, which is smooth, and the posterior and lateral margins above, 

 Avhich are strongly but sparsely punctured. Thorax above strongly 

 and sparsely punctured, the posterior half of the mesonotum almost 

 impunctate. Pronotum closely and fairly finely striate lengthwise, 

 sides of epinotum sparsely striate and punctate, the punctures large. 

 Nodes and abdomen ' smooth and shining, finely and very sparsely 

 punctured. 



Head high in the middle, sloping steeply downwards on each side of 

 a longitudinal median area which extends from the clypeus to the 

 posterior ocelli ; behind the latter it is also fairly steep. The head is 

 wider just in front of the eyes than it is behind them or across? the 

 clypeal portion, the occipital margin deeply emarginate, more angularly 

 so than in the £ , the lateral angles rounded. Eyes placed a little in 

 front of the middle of the sides. Ocelli small and close together ; for 

 a short distance in front of the anterior ocellus there is a smooth and 

 shining depression. Frontal carinae subparallel, extending back as far 

 as the posterior ocelli. The scapes extend back ecpually as far. The 



