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rufis; capite elongato; thorace conico, in medio angulariter 
impresso ; elytris amplis, subquadratis, regulariter punctato - 
striads, interslitiis convexis. 
$ Capitis stipite postico mediocre; rostro tkoraceque paullo lon- 
gioribus. Long, tota 12 mill. ; lost. 1 ; cap. cum stip. (1 7 4 D ) 3 T 7 5 
thor. 2-ft ; elytr. 5 mill. Lat. max. cap. pone ocul. l 7 2 a ; bas. 
thor. 2f 0 ; elytr. 4 mill. Long, antenn. 5^; artic. 3o ultra 
1 mill. 
^ Capitis stipite postico brevissimo, parum indicato ; antennis articu- 
lis omnibus simplicibus. Long, tota 9 mill.; rostr. 7 8 0 ; cap. cum 
stip. (i a 0 ) 2; thor. lf 3 ; elytr. 4 7 4 0 mill. Lat. pro. rat. ut in 
Long, antenn. 3 mill. 
Var. /3. Nuper exclusus; capite cum rostro, antennis, tibiis tarsisque 
obscure brunneis, thorace pectoreque dilutius brunneis; elytris, 
abdomine femoribusque Icete brunneo-Jlavescentibus. 
Patria ; Madagascar; Mus. Bowring, Saunders and Jekel. 
Somewhat larger than Apod. Camelus, Oliv.; the head is more elon¬ 
gate, with the neck shorter in both sexes ; thorax having its median 
impression more obliquely and angularly extended towards the base; 
the elytra are more quadrate, all their rows of punctures deeply striate 
unto the apex, and the intervals are convex, with the three innermost 
broader. Pygidium and body beneath rather strongly punctate. 
Apoderus Giraffa, Jekel . 
Nigro-cyaneus, glaber, nitidus, scutello, elytris pygidio abdomineque 
rufo-sanguineis; rostro apice ampliato, capite elongato-conico ; 
thorace conico; elytris subquadratis, convexiusculis, striis puncta- 
tis versus apicem sensim obsoletis, interslitiis planis. 
S' Capite {stipite longo) thoraceque longissimis, antennis elongatis 
medium stipitis attingentibus, articulo 3 o apice intus angulato- 
clavato, 4-7 spinoso-acutis, articulo ultimo clavce abrupte sub- 
angulariter hamato-incurvo. Long, tota 22 mill.; rostr. 2^; 
cap. cum stip. (4) 8; thor. 4 7 4 5 ; elytr. 6. Lat. ap. rostr. et cap. 
