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long, reaching to about the median part of the elytra, compressed, serrate 
inwardly except the two basal and the apical one ; prothorax tapering 
gradually from the base to the apex where it is less than half the width of 
the latter which is marginate ; scutellum very broadly triangular, obtusely 
truncate at apex ; elytra one-third broader than the base of the prothorax, 
rounded at the shoulders, elongated, sinuate laterally at about one-third 
of the length, somewhat ampliate past the sinuation, rounded at apex and 
not divaricating there, moderately convex ; legs and tarsi only moderately 
slender, spurs of tibiae somewhat short and of nearly the same size, claws 
long, greatly divaricating, the upper part weakly pectinate, the lower 
equally long but very slender, almost filiform. 
The facies is not unlike that of Stenoclera, but it differs by the shape of 
the antennae. 
Key to the Species. 
A^. Elytra somewhat ampliated past the middle, 
B^". Prothorax punctate, the punctures deep, nearly contiguous 
Elytra with a broad transverse median black band . . 
Elytra not distinctly ampliated past the middle. 
Prothorax with shallow punctures. 
Elytra without transverse median black band 
ZONITOMOEPHA SELLATA, Fahr., 
Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl, 1870, p. 354. 
Very briefly pubescent, yet shiny ; testaceous yellow with the man- 
dibles at apex, the palps, the antennae, a broad transverse band situated 
slightly in front of the median part and reaching from side to side, and the 
sternum black ; the femora are fuscous at base and apex, so are the knees 
and the apex of the tibiae ; the tarsi are wholly fuscous ; head very closely 
and somewhat deeply punctate, but less so in the middle of the vertex ; 
prothorax longer than broad, attenuate towards the apex where it is only 
half as wide as the base, slightly sinuate laterally towards the middle, 
moderately convex on the posterior part, depressed on each side of the 
anterior part, closely but not sub-contiguously punctate, very faintly 
canaliculated longitudinally and having a more distinct impression in 
the centre above the base ; scutellum slightly infuscate ; elytra slightly 
sinuate towards the median part, somewhat ampliate thence, very little 
attenuate towards the apex, rounded there, the posterior part plainly 
convex, deeply and irregularly punctate, almost shagreened on the trans- 
verse black band, the punctures closely set ; under side finely aciculate 
punctate ; antennae reaching beyond the median part of the elytra, opaque 
1.8 
sellata. 
transgreffsor. 
