COLEOPTERA. 
203 
9 Tibiis omnibus rectis , latioribus , inlus ampliatis cum unco 
secundo interiore perpendiculare. 
Patria : Shang-Hai, Chinas. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
Head with rostrum longer than the thorax, in the majority of 
the specimens evidently transversely impressed above the base, with the 
occiput convex, smooth; the vertex more or less punctate, flatlish. 
Antennae long ; club elongate, its joints much longer than wide, the 
apical acute. Punctures of the thorax more evident at the base, 
between the upper and marginal strigse. Scutellum smooth, convex 
posteriorly. Elytra ovate, much longer than broad ; punctures rather 
strong and distant anteriorly, small and much more approximate poste¬ 
riorly. Thorax beneath at the base, pectus and pygidium coarsely — 
abdomen slightly—punctate. 
Attelabus (Omolabus) btfoveatus, Jekel. 
Nitidus,glaber, piceus autbrunneus , interdum parlim obscure virescenti- 
micans ; antennis, scutello , elytris , abdomine pedibusq-ue castaneis ; 
capite cum rostro crasso , arcuaio , thorace longiori, sublcevi; tho- 
race amplo , versus basin rotundato-ampliato , dorso aniice obsolete — 
postice evidenter — lateribus crebre punctato, striga intra-apicali 
alteraque ante basin obsoleta foveisque duabus dorsi impresso; 
scutello medio apicis obsolete impresso ; elytris subconicis , humeris 
acuto-extensis, striis punctalis versus apicem successive obsoletioribus 
impressis ; pygidio pectoreque sat crebre — abdominis lateribus 
leviter — punciatis. 
Long, (rostr. excl.) .3^; elytr. 2-^. Lat. hum. 2 T 3 5 mill. 
$ Thorace lateribus magis rotundato ; tibiis anticis multo longioribus 
et tenuioribus , magis arcuatis , apice unco unico longo oblique 
intus arcuaio armatis. 
$ Tibiis anticis apice intus amplitudine uncifera perpendiculari (prat, 
unc. ext.) auctis. 
Patria: Para. Dorn. Parzudaki. Mus. D. Bowring, Saunders et 
Jekel. 
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