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with a large median anterior dark red patch; this patch 
touches the anterior margin, which is slightly darkened, as 
are also the lateral margins and the small lateral foveae; 
middle of base with a vaguely rectangular dark patch. Elytra 
pale testaceous, with a dark transverse patch along the base ; 
this patch broader at the sides, the sutural interstriae dark- 
ened, a broad transverse patch about the middle, and on each 
elytron a small dark apical patch. Antennal club piceous, tro- 
phi yellow; legs red, with the femora largely testaceous in 
the middle, tarsi only slightly paler than the tibiae. Under- 
side red, with a small testaceous patch at the sides of the 
abdominal segments, this patch much larger on the last seg- 
ment ; pygidium reddish at the base, yellow at the apex. 
Head rather broad, part of the eyes visible from above 
small and narrow; sides of the clypeus slightly raised, the 
anterior part impressed between the two anterior teeth ; ver- 
tex with a slight median impression ; anterior clypeal teeth 
curving upwards, rather long, parallel, rounded at apex; 
sides of the clypeus only very feebly sinuate between these 
teeth and the clypeogenal suture, which is very slightly 
marked ; genal sutures feeble ; genae rounded, their greatest 
breadth at the middle. Head without any puncturation. 
Thorax transverse, anterior angles acute, sides straight 
between those angles and the median angles, which are 
rounded and protrude very slightly behind. Posterior half 
of the sides gently rounded to the hind angles which are very 
slightly protruding behind, the sides of the base being feebly 
emarginated just inside these angles. Lateral margin a little 
more marked at the anterior angles ; anterior margin com- 
plete; base gently rounded, with only a very slight angular 
protuberance in the middle ; no scutellar impression. Punc- 
turation very feeble and sparse, slightly stronger behind. 
Elytral margins nearly straight, strongly curved behind ; 
elytra convex, depressed along their apical margin; inter- 
striae flat, regular, only very sparsely and very feebly punc- 
tured ; striae distinct, not deep, distinctly punctured ; scutel- 
lar impression very deep ; elytral striae ending anteriorly 
in small, basal, longitudinal foveae ; external epipleural mar- 
gin very sharp, epipleura broad. 
Pygidium nearly smooth, very short and broad, not mar- 
gined at the base. No prosternal carina ; mesosternum very 
