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nevertheless, striate in the apical black macula. Three black spots on 
each elytron: one at the middle of the base, round ; another above the 
middle, on the third row, small, punctiform; the third apical, very 
large, extending from the second row to the margin. 
Belongs to my Group IV. 
Apoderus la-TIpennis, Jekel. 
Brevis , glaber , nitidus , niger ; palpis, an tennis, capitis vitt a infer a, 
sterno , abdomine (lateribns basi exceptis), pygidio pedibusque 
(genubus posticis late nigris exceptis) ochraceo-flavis ; capite tho~ 
raceque breviter obconicis ; elytris latis, quadratis , basi evidenter , 
postice obsolete seriato-punctatis, infra scutellum late impressis, 
medio prope suturam tuberculo conico instructis. 
Long, tota 7^—8 mill. Major ind.: Long. cap. cum rostr. 2^; 
thor. 1^; elytr. 4^. Lat. hum. 3-$,; med. elytr. 4 mill. 
Patria : China. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
This species is the shortest and broadest of all the species known to 
me, more so than Apod, melanopteras, Wied., Sch., which is one of the 
shortest. Rostrum short, broad, flat and punctate in front, having two 
cariniform elevations behind (between the insertion of the antennae) with 
a deep impression between them ; entirely black. Labrum and mandi - 
bulce glossy, smooth, black. Palpi slender, acute, flavous. Head 
shortly ovate-subconic, convex, canaliculate, ohsoletely punctate ; black, 
with a large ochraceous vitta underneath. Thorax subconic; sides 
almost straight in the male, rounded above the middle in the female ; 
convex, canaliculate, with some impressions; smooth, black; middle 
underneath ochraceous. Scutellum transverse, subtruncate, black. 
Elytra having their shoulders callose, obliquely truncate ; sides a little 
ampliate behind the middle, each being semicircularly rounded at 
the apex ; anteriorly evidently, posteriorly obsoletely, punctate; sutural 
stria complete, lateral rows of punctures subscrobiculate; margin and 
lateral interstice cariniform; entirely black, glossy. Pygidium punc¬ 
tate-rugose, flavous-ochraceous. Pectus punctate-rugose, with the sides 
black and the middle ochraceous. Abdomen finely punctulate, ochra- 
ceous-flavous, with a large triangular black spot on each side of the 
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