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INSECTA SAUNDEESIANA. 
Cratoparis Ajax, Jekel. 
Oblongo-subparallelus, niger , brunneo-fiavescente tomentosus ; orbita ocu- 
lorum , thoracis linea dorsali ante medium interrupta guttulisque 
nonnullis , elytrorum plaga ante-media subsellata fasciaque lata pos- 
tica guttulis punctisque lateralibus et apicalibus e pilis longioribus 
reclinatis dilute Jlavis ornatis ; pedibus nigro-alboque annulatis , artu 
culo ultimo tarsorum ferrugineo, unguiculis nigris , basi uni-dentatis ; 
elytrorum interstiis alternis magis elevatis , e punctis distantibus nigro 
holosericeis subtessellatis , quorum duobus in interstitio interiore (uno 
infra basin insigniore alteroque ad medium longitudinis minus ele- 
vato ) tuberculiformibus. 
Longit. (rostr. excl.) lin. = ll T 5 g millim. 
Latit. 2 lin. = 4 T 5 5 millim. 
Patria : Amazona. 
This species resembles Crat. apicalis , Seh., in the shape of the thorax 
and elytra, but it is somewhat larger; its rostrum and head are comparatively 
broader; the subbasal tubercles of the elytra are higher, and these organs 
have moreover on the middle near the suture another tubercle; the spotting 
is also quite different. 
Head scarcely longer than its width at the base, its length behind the 
eyes being only half of its width between them, with the front narrower 
than the vertex, especially towards the rostrum ; moderately convex, punc¬ 
tate, black, covered with a yellowish brown pile, condensed round the eyes 
into a thin yellow margin. Eyes semiglobose, lateral, extending slightly 
on the front, but more so near the rostrum, leaving the front wide; brun- 
neous. Rostrum wide, flattened, as wide as long; sides somewhat dilated 
near the apex, where it is obtusely angulated, the apex widely truncate ; 
punctate, black, clothed like the head. Labrum minute, semicircular, 
with the apex raised, covered with a dense fulvous pile, with the middle of 
the tip having a wide tuft of longer and thicker ochreous hairs. Man¬ 
dibles wide, curved, acute, convex, slightly extended over the labrum; 
coarsely punctate, black. Palpi thick, black. Antennce very slender, 1st 
joint short, obclavate, the thickest; 2nd half the length of the 1st, 
subglobose, thinner; 3rd to 6th very slender, subcylindric; 3rd and 4th 
