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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
quadrate, deeply punctate-striate, anteriorly subfoveate; adorned with 
several pellucid yellow tubercles; three between the 2nd and 3rd strire, one 
basal, elongate, subduplicate or hooked inwards at the base, the second 
somewhat behind the middle, subovate, broad, widening externally the 
interstice at the expense of the next, which is sinuate and compressed; 
the third irregularly subtriangular, above the apex; two between the 
4th and 5th striae, small, subpunctiform, one placed at the fourth part, 
the other at the middle of the length ; one between the 8th and 9th stria?, 
oblong-ovate, above the middle; finally, one subhumeral, subquadrate, 
filling the angle of the base and margin, under which a thin short mar¬ 
ginal yellow line is observable. Pygidium rufous, smooth at the base, 
blackish and deeply punctate posteriorly. Pectus deeply and coarsely 
punctate-rugose. Abdomen smooth, polished, very slightly punctulate. 
Apoderus chinensis, Jekel. 
Fuscus aut brunneus , glaber , subnitidus; antennis (articulis tribus 
primis clavce nigricantibus exceptis ), femoribus basi , tibiis tarsis- 
que Icetioribus ; pectore maculis tribus sericeis Jlavo-aureis; capite 
thoraceque oblongo-conicis ; elytris profunde punctato-striatis y 
interstitiis convexis . 
$ Capitis stipite longitudinis variante , capite aut parum aut evidenter 
breviore , distincte transversim strigoso. Long, tota 12—14 mill. 
Maj. indiv. : rostr. 1^; cap. cum stip. (2^)4 T 6 5 ; thor. 2^; 
elytr. 5^ mill. Min. indiv.: rostr. 1^ ; cap. cum stip. (1-^) 
3^j; thor. 2-^ ; elytr. 4^ mill. Lat. max. ind.: bas thor. 2-& ; 
hum. ; med. elytr. 3^ mill. Long. ant. 3^—4 mill. 
$ Stipite capitis brevissimo, collo breviori, bistrigoso. Long, tota 
9 mill. ; rostr. ^ ; cap. cum stip. (^) 2-fe ; thor. 1 T 6 5 ; elytr. 4^ ; 
antenn. 2^ mill. Lat. ut in $ (pro rat. longit. elytr.) 
Colore variat, aut fuscus, aut brunneus, in nonnullis dilute castaneus, 
rufescens. 
Patria : Shang-Hai, China. 
Larger than Apod, cygneus. Rostrum with three longitudinal ridges. 
Elytra deeply punctate-striate, with a large depression under the base ; 
intervals convex posteriorly. Pygidium , abdomen and pectus strongly 
punctate. 
