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a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 
Long. corp. lin. Lat. corp. 2£. 
In Mus. Soc. Merc. Ind. Orient. 
Corpus latum, depressum, nitidum, hirtum. Caput porrectum, 
suprii transversum, piceum, subnitidum, pilosum, sub- 
punctatum. Oculi mediocres, prominuli, laterales. Os in- 
tlexum ; palpis porrectis, crassis ; maxillaribus piceo-rufis ; 
labialibus pallidioribus. Antennae magnae, hirtee, piceo-rufae, 
articulorum 2 — 9 lateribus subparallelis. Thorax brevis, 
transversus, planus, capite latior, basi apiceque truncatus, 
antich latior, lateribus dilatatis, rotundatis, obscurh rufo- 
piceus, obsolete punctatus, liirtus, postich utrinque subfo- 
veolatus. Scutellum mediocre, triangulare, piceum. Elytra 
thorace latiora, et illo quadruple longiora, oblongo-qua- 
drata, basi e thorace paulo remota, lateribus inflexis, apice 
subtruncata, abdominis longitudine, supra subdepressa, pi- 
cea, nitida, singula macula versus apicem majuscule irre- 
gulari (sc. antich obtush tridentata) fulva, sutura rufe- 
scenti, basi hirta, nec nisi obsoletissimei punctata. Corpus 
subths rufo-piceum, nitidum, hirtum. Abdomen piceum. 
Fedes similes, breves, piceo-rufi, vald& compressi, femo- 
ribus tibiisque dilatatis, brevibus, latissimis, subpunctatis, 
parhm hirtis, tibiis intra femora retractilibus. Tarsi rufo- 
picei, breves, ciliati, intra tibiarum apices excavatos re- 
tractilibus. 
The chief characters in which the insect last described appears 
to disagree with the original description and figure of C. latipes, 
are the irregular form of the spot at the apex of the elytra, the 
apparently slight increase in the length of the legs, and in the 
suture being rufescent, and the apex of the elytra piceous. 
These differences may, however, be considered merely as 
apparent, since Swederus, as above observed, is not explicit 
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