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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Apoderus geniculatus, Jekel. 
Rufo-brunneus , nitidiusculus, an tennis, corpore subtus pedibusque , dilu~ 
tioribus; ore , oculis , pygidio genubusque late nigris; capita 
breviter ovato-conico , postice elevato-convexo abrupteque attenuato , 
pone oculos foveato; thorace subconico , antice elevato valdeque 
attenuato , oblique bistrigoso, gibbere canaliculato ; elytris infra 
basin valde impressis, seriatim scrobiculatis , postice tantum striato- 
punctatis, cum interstitiis convexis , medio prope suturam irregula- 
riter foveato-rugosis cum tuberculo ante-medio. 
Long, tota 8 mill.; elytr. 4 mill.. Lat. hum. 3; pone med. elytr. 
3^ mill. 
Patria : Shang-Hai, China. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
Very similar in its proportions to Apod, crenatus, Jekel, but much 
smaller and narrower in the elytra. Rostrum glossy, distantly punctate, 
slightly emarginate at the apex, with a small groove behind the middle 
of thatemargination. Forehead obliquely refuse, with three longitudinal 
impressions between the eyes. Head very obscurely transversely strigu- 
lose, with a thin longitudinal ridge terminating in a deep scrobiform 
depression behind the eyes. Thorax subconic, having two principal 
oblique subsemicircular strigae, between which and the basal duplicate 
striga very thin and obsolete strigosities are perceivable; the anterior 
pulvinate elevation is glossy, canaliculate in the middle. Scutellum 
transverse, short, truncate. Elytra depressed inside behind the base, 
scrobiculate, having the posterior part striate with the intervals convex; 
the two interior rows regularly punctate at the base, irregularly foveate- 
rugose on their middle, with a distinct ante-median tubercle on 
the second interstice. Pectus coarsely rugose-punctate. Pygidium 
strongly, abdomen less deeply, punctate. Tibiae very obsoletely cre- 
nulate underneath. 
Belongs to my Group I.* 
* A very closely allied species of the same size and from the same 
locality, in Mr. Bowling’s collection ( Apod . sulcicollis, Jekel-Brunneo- 
