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11. Elytra with entire basal sixth uniformly pale grayish pubescent, not vittatc or
maculate there . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . nyphonoides (p. 160)
Elytra not uniformly pubescont at base, usually maculate, vittate, or irregularly
pubescent there . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 12.
12. Elytra with median pale fascia broad, made up of many short vittae
phaom (p. 103)
Elytra with median fascia not made up of vittae ....................... 13.
13. Elytral median fascia broad, white ... . . . . . . . . ... . .... julvoirrorata (p. 169)
Elytral median fnseia narrow, whitish or ochraceous ...................... 14.
14. Elytral median fascia ochraceous; antennal hom of male very slender, acute.
jaspidea (p. 158)
Elytral median fascia whitish ; antennal horn of male robust, blunt . ........ 15.
15. Elytral pale markings mther diffused, not distinct, sculpturing very smooth;
male with antennal horns straight, vertical, rather short, dentiform.
liturata (p. 157)
Elytrnl pale markings not diffused, distinct, at least posteriorly, often with
elongate impressions and ridgllS j horn of male not dentiform ......... 16.
16. Elytral whitish median fascia broader, deeply dent.ate, colored vittae broader;
antennae with third and fourth segments slender in male .. . . aeropa (p. 155)
Elytrai whitish median fascia narrow, less dentate, colored vittae finer; an­
tennae with third and fourth segments robust, especially in male.
Hesychotypa miniam Thomson
PLATE VI, FIGURE 1.
Hcsycha miniata Dejean, C.'1t. Col., ed. 3, 1837, p. 370. [nom. nud.] .
lirissG (p. 153)
Hcsychotypa miniata Thomson, Physis II, 1868, p. 54. Lacordaire, Gen. Col., IX,
1872, p. 673.
Distinguishing features of this species are : Horns of antennal
tubercles directed inwards in male; fourth antennal segment robust,
gray annulate at base, the annulation wider than on other segments
j elytral fascia absent or indistinct.
MALE. Elongate, robust, subcylindrical; elytra subconvex; black, all over
densely gr.ay-brown pubescent and marked as follows: head above with five vittae
of rosy pubescence, medial one broadest, one either side of middle nArrow, feebly
arcuate, aU three converging on vertex between antennal tubercles, behind eaeh
isthmus of eye a very broad one, front with three indistinct rosy vitt.ae, one broad
medially and a narrow one either side, sides of head behind genae rosy variegated.
Pronotum with seven rosy vittae, one at middle on apical two-thirds only, very
narrow, one either side of middle, widest basally and nearly parallel, one either side
just above lateral tubercle, a very broad one laterally over each tubercle. Scutellum
with middle one-third dark brown, sides rosy or yellowish gray. Elytra with an­
terior margin of humeri rosy and with many scattered rosy streaks bordered with
bshy; there is an area just behind middle wherc the brown pubescence is free of
the rosy patches and forms a very feeble fascia. Beneath black, grayish-yellow
pubescent, sternA laterally, irregularly, rosy pubescent Ilnd sternites either indi.-