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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Head not so short nor so elevated behind ; canalicula very obsolete ; 
adorned with three black round maculae, triangularly placed, one 
between the eyes on the middle frontal stria, and one each side poste¬ 
riorly; the neck has a black spot on each side underneath. Thorax not 
so broad nor so flat, having, besides the six black maculae described in 
the preceding, another one basal, close to the anterior coxa and 
the basal macula of the raedi-pectus. Elytra more regularly convex 
lengthwise, much less attenuate posteriorly; basal elevation close to the 
posterior angle of the thorax reduced to an obsolete tubercle ; shoulders 
much less acute, hardly spinose; two dorsal tubercles much more 
obtuse, not at all spiniform. Pygidium more densely punctate-rugose, 
its two black dots more approached. Pectus more densely punctate- 
rugose, its three maculae much larger; epimeri much more slightly — 
flesh-colour—sericeous. Abdomen having each side of the three anterior 
rings inside the margin, a large black isolated macula ; a very small 
one on the fourth ring is hardly observable. 
Apoderus gemmosus, JeJcel. 
Ochraceo-rufus , nitidus , subtus dilutior ; antennis {clava fuscescente 
excepta ), capitis punctis lineolisque , thoracis tuberculis duobus 
maculisque sex , scutelli tuberculo medio apicali , elytrorum humeris 
acute callosis , tuberculis maculisque simul octodecim , maculis dua- 
bus pectoris utrinque unaque subannulari ante-apicali femorum 
quatuor posticorum nigris ; capite breviter ovato-subconico obsolete 
— thoraceque convexo evidenter — canaliculatis ; eiytris seriatim 
profunde punctalo-scrobiculatis , lateribus subtexatis. 
Long, tota 7 mill. ; cap. (sine coll. l T 3 g ; thor. 1^; elytr. 3^ mill. 
Lat. cap. thor. 1^; elytr. 3 mill. 
P atria : China. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
Extremely similar to Apod, gemmatus, darker in coloration, with the 
same black markings and tubercles on the thorax, elytra, pygidium aud 
pectus, but the abdomen is entirely fulvous. Head less—shortly ovate— 
conic; forehead having between the two ordinary striae a shorter one, sub- 
foveiform ; two small approximate dots on the anterior part of the vertex, 
