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transversim sinuato-strigoso, lateribus rugoso-punctato; scutello 
brevissimo valde transverso , medio diviso , utrinque sub tuber culato- 
elevato ; elytris breviter ovatis, striis punctatis (18-20) alternatim 
profundioribus , interstitiis omnibus anguste costatis ; pectore luxe 
profunde—pygidio abdomineque confertius — punctatis. 
Long, (rostr. excl.) 4^—4^ ; elytr. 2^— 3 mill. 
Patria ; Natal. D. Stevens. Mas. Bowring. Saunders et Jekel. 
Very nearly allied to Attel. exaratus , Sch ., but smaller; head less 
conically ampliate posteriorly, more convex at the base; thorax more 
elongate, at least as long as broad, not marginate at the apex, more 
strongly strigose; scutellum evidently roundly tuberculate on each side 
of the median impression ; elytra much shorter proportionally, more con¬ 
vex, &c. 
Note. — The great number of striae in this species (as in Attel. 
exaratus) may be regarded as caused by a deep modification of the inter¬ 
stices, which are longitudinally canaliculate and punctate along their 
middle and costulate on each side ; these canaliculations— indeed very 
similar to the normal striae—are shallower and their punctures are some¬ 
what smaller; thence the normal number of striae (9-10) seems to be 
doubled. 
Attelajbus (Phymatolabus) tuberifer, Jekel. 
Ovato-subconicus , utrinque attenuato-inclinatus , piceus , semi-opacus , 
obscure cupreo-ceneo micans; capite cum rostro thorace longiori , 
modice arcuato , incequali ; tliorace transverso , lateribus rotundato - 
ampliato , crebre rugoso , dorso tuberculis quatuor nitidis ; scutello 
valde transverso , medio profunde impresso , utrinque tuberculo sub - 
obliquo instructo ; elytris subtriangularibus , humeris late oblique 
angulatis extensis , superjicie rugoso-texata , tuberculis magnis et 
mediocribus instructa ; pedibus crebre punctatis, femoribus muticis, 
tibiis crenulatis , anticis vero denticulatis. 
Long, (rostr. excl.) 5—5 T 5 0 ; elytr. 3^— 3 T 6 U . Lat. hum. 3^—3^ mill. 
Palria : Natal. Dom. Stevens. Mas. D. Bowring, Saunders et 
Jekel. 
