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sub-iiiceqiiali , margiiiibus auguste retle.^is , latcri- 

 bus in lobiim quadratura, apice angustatiini , po- 

 stice uiii-dentatum prodiicto , antice angustato , 

 trmicato. Labram transversum , apice profande 

 excisum , angalis eloiigatis. Mandibulae lineares , 

 apice conjunctim rotundatœ, lateribus margiiiatœ, 

 iiigro-setosœ ; supra excavatœ , subtus rainis ro- 

 tundatis , rectis, aciitis , sinistro Joiigitudine man- 

 dibulae, dextro illo breviore armatœ. Oculi oblon- 

 gi, fusci, ante dentem lobi iuserti. Antennop nigro- 

 \i0lace9e, nitidœ, articule primo nigro-setoso, for- 

 ma prœcedentium. T borax apice profunde excisus, 

 angulis obtusis , lateribus dilatato-rotundatus et 

 crenulato-denticulatus, ])asi utrinque oblique sub- 

 truncatus, medio sinuatus , marginibus antico et 

 postico anguste , laterali late rellexis ; supra me- 

 dio convexus et canaliculatus , remote , ad latera 

 confertius ruguloso-punctatus. Scutelknn magnum, 

 trian fjulare, ni^ro-violaceum, medio canaliculatum. 

 Elytra late obovata, tborace paulo angustiora, an- 

 tice singulalini levlter emarginata, buineris rotun- 

 datis, lateribus sensim angustata, margine anguste 

 rellexo , subtus nigro-vlolaceo , exc^ivato, remote 

 pnnctalo, apice conjuncliiu rotundata ; supra con- 

 \exa , remote ruguloso-punclala. Corpus subtus 

 confertim ruguloso-puiictatum , nigro-violaccum , 

 iiitlduui, iibdoinine medio compresse, canaliculato. 

 PoJcs lun^^i , hevcs , violacei , n igi o-setosl, Icmori- 

 l)ns anticls macula tc^tacea , spongiosa , postcrio- 

 i ibus scric-puuctalis ; lil)iis auticis eloiigatis , lu- 



