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to indicate an affinity to C. nigricans, and the pale colour has 

 probably arisen from immaturity. I have therefore, in the absence 

 of any more precise information, placed it in this group. 



Menetries does not mention its locality, but as it comes im- 

 mediately after C. lateritius, and he institutes comparisons be- 

 tween them, it is probable that they were found not far from 

 each other. In that case the locality of this species would be 

 Novaia Alexandrovskaia. 



20. C. vestitus, mihi. 



Oblongo-ovatus, fuscus, dense griseo-pubescens ; pi g> 23. 

 antennis clavatis, nigris, basi ferrugineis ; thorace „-->, 



transverso, granulato, angulis posticis obtusis ; 

 elytris stria suturali. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Oblong-oval, blackish -brown ; mouth and legs 

 ferruginous ; clothed with a thick, coarse, griseous 

 pubescence, of a more lively fulvous colour on the 

 thorax. The antenna? are clavate, black, except at 

 the base, which is ferruginous ; they are not so slender at the 

 base as is usually the case, making the club look less thickened 

 than it is in reality. The first joint is large, the second shorter 

 and narrower ; the rest are nearly all of equal length, with the 

 exception of the seventh and ninth, which are a little longer, 

 and the eighth, which is shorter. They gradually increase in 

 thickness up to the seventh, which is the broadest and largest 

 of them all ; the eighth joint is smaller and thinner than the 

 seventh and ninth, but not very minute ; the terminal joint is 

 suddenly acuminate at the tip, looking as if truncate at the end, 

 with a short spike projecting from the centre. The thorax is 

 transverse, broadest a little behind the middle. The posterior 

 angles are obtuse, except at the very angle, where there is an 

 exceedingly minute rectangular starting-point. The surface is 

 coarsely granular. The scutellum is small. The elytra are gra- 

 nulated and have a distinct sutural stria, but apparently no 

 others — at least the traces, if any, are exceedingly indistinct. 

 The anterior tarsi and first joint of the middle tarsi are dilated 

 in the male. 



This species has some resemblance to C. chrysomeloides, but it 

 is smaller, the thorax is narrower and more transverse, the an- 

 tennae are not so heavily clubbed, and the joints are differently 

 proportioned. It has also some resemblance to C. tristis, but 

 the form of the thorax as well as a difference in the pubescence 

 distinguish it. The pubescence is coarser and more dense than 

 in most other species. 



