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152 THE TRIBE ONCIDERINI
Hesycholypa 8ubfasciala Dillon and Dillon, spec. nov.
PLATE VI, FIGURE 2.
Closely related to H. tniniala but elytra with a definite fascia,
followed by a nearly immaculate area; fourth antenna! segment
roseate at base, fifth segment abruptly shorter, third and fourth
segments more robust ; and horns on antennal tubercles of male
nearly vertical, straight, not curved inwards.
MALE. Elongate-ovate, rather robust, subcylindrical, above subdepressed;
piceous or black, ra.ther densely covered with short, brown pubescence, maculate
with white and bright rosy or orange-ochraceous, in a mallller that varies very
greatly in different individuals. Head with nine orange (or rosy) vittae : OllO
medilln and one each side above eye, straight, converging towards front, one run­
ning to isthmus of each eye, one broader below eye and a very broad one towards
mouth, all these oblique; front tinged here and there with rosy or orange. Pro­
notum with seven orange or rosy vittae: median one fmc, on apical half, one each
side of middle oblique (at least apically), a. subequal one each side above lateral
tubercles, alld a very broad one on sides, oblique. Scutellum with basal angles gray.
Elytr:l. very variable, at extreme base each with three to five shor, orange vittae,
thence variegated with white and orange or rosy, at middle the latter becoming
vittiform and tenninating abruptly behind middle and forming a more or less dis­
t.inct narrow fascia of white and orangish, this is nnrrow, sometimes interrupted,
strongly undulating, extending from apical third of sides obliquely forwards to
middle, not attaining suture, followed behind by a broad band of brown, similar
in shapc, which is nearly free of pale marks, not attaining suture, thence to apex
vittnte and variegated with orange or rosy, and white; sometimes a large portion of
the disk before the fascia is nearly (or quite) free of maculation. Body beneath
piceous or black, covered with pale rosy-gray pubescence and more or less strongly
variegated with bright rosy, sides of metasternum brown; abdomen with four or
six rows of rosy maculae, one row marginal, one betwcen this and middle, and one
each side of middle. Legs and antennae black, densely brown pubescent, variegated
with hoary; SC.'IPC and bases of third and fourth segments of antennae rosy, other
segments annulate with gray at base; femora biannulate with rosy apicaJly, pro­
femora nearly entirely this color; tarsal claw segments entirely brown pubescent.
Head minutely nlutaceous, medinn impressed line from occiput to clypcus ;
front subquadrate, widened slightly above, broadly concave and impressed between
antennal tubercles, finely punctate; genae vertical, minutely alut·accous; eye with
lower lobe oblong, about equal in height to gena; antennal tubercles prominent, well
separated, robust, ending internally with an upright, short, robust horn, which is
usually curved slightly outwards, although in one individual it curves inwards
slightly. Pronotum strongly transverse, marc than twice as wide as long; sides ir­
regular, narrowed anteriorly, lateral tubercles broad, ending in an obtuse, robust,
conical spine; anterior and posterior transverse sulci rather shallow, deeper medi­
ally at each side, the basal one coalescing with the lateral oblique sulci ; disk at
middle with a. triangular tubercle, each side strongly tumid, each tumescence nearly
transvorsely impressed, basally with a few scattered punctures. Scutellum trans-