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LAWRENCE S. DILLON <strong>AND</strong> EWZABETH S. DILLON 165<br />
brown, thinly hoary pube..-ocent, sparsely y,uiegated with fulvQus, medially nearly<br />
glabrous, each side with two lines of maculae of denser pubescence, one row marg·<br />
inal, the other half way between it and middle. Legs fUSCQllS, hoary pubescent,<br />
variegated with brown; tarsal claw segment reddi shbrowll, hoary and brown<br />
pubescent, towards apex more or less glabrous. Antennae fuscous, covered with<br />
dark brown puoosc{!Dce, mottled finely with hoary, bases of scgmcnt.!l from fourth<br />
narrowly but distinct-ly hoary ftnnulnte, on third indistinctly so; scnpe variegated<br />
with hO!l.ry, fulvous, and brown.<br />
Head mi nutely, densely punctalc, with a median impressed line from occiput<br />
to clypeus; front slightly higher than wide, not narrowed above, broadly concave<br />
between antennal tubereies, minutely, densely punctate and with fine punctures<br />
interspersed; genae vertical, minutely, rugosely punctate ; eye with lower lobe<br />
obtong-ovate, distinctly shorter tlUl]) gcnae in height; antennal tubercles prominent,<br />
robust, widely separated, armed at apex with a short, obtuse tooth. Pronotum<br />
strongly transverse, nearly twiee as broad as long, sides broadly rounded, constricted<br />
at apex, lateral tubercles broad, feebly elevated, terminatillg in a long,<br />
rohust, obtuse spine which is dcpresed ill cross-section; apical transverse sulcus<br />
deep, nearly straight, basal one unequally impressed; disk medially with a broad,<br />
triangular tubercle, reaching from anterior sulcus to basal one, eaeh side strongly<br />
tumid, the tumescences more or ie:!S divided by a nearly transverse impression, only<br />
a few scattered punct-ures b!l83l1y. Scutellum strongly transverse; sides straight,<br />
oblique; apex bro:tdly rounded, notched at middle. Elytra with sides only slightly<br />
narrowed apically, apices separately rounded ; basal gibbosity prominent, elongate,<br />
outlined laterally and broadly posteri.orly by an impression, rest of disk thence with<br />
irregular elevations or costae, entire anterior hnlf behind extreme base coarsely,<br />
closely punctate, slightly rugose towards middle, behind middle punctures gradually<br />
finer and sparser to apex; humeri prominent, anterior margin straight, oblique, the<br />
angle with a rather large rounded tubercle; sides behind humeri very slighUy rugo...