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of setae, the 4th segment at the side with a narrow patch of white 

 pubescence, and the 8th segment with a small and indistinct patch» 

 the others unspotted. The legs are slender, the front tibiae triden- 

 tate; the mesosternum with a short process. 



Obs. This species is allied both to M. sulcipennis and M. hispida 

 but it has the clypeus more rounded and longer than these species 

 have. The pubescence of the upper surface is shorter and more 

 scanty than in M. sulcipennis, and their interstices are not quite simi- 

 lar (as will be seen from my description). The pubescence of the 

 upper surface is less conspicuous than in M. hispida and there are 

 no white scales mixed with it on the elytra, and the sculpture of the 

 upper surface is more regulär and less rugose. 



