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LA WHENCE S. DILLON AND ELIZABETH S. DILLON 163
Hesychotypa phaola Dillon and Dillon, spec. nov.
PLATE VI, FlGUru: 9.
Resembles H. miniata in elytral maculation but the surface
sculpturing is much smoother, the pale pubescence is fulvous, not
roseate j antennae very slender, much longer ; third and fourth seg
ments not robust, the latter not broadly annulate j antennai born in
male less robust, only sligbtly curved inwards.
:MALE. Elongate-ovate, robust, subcyJindrical; fuscous, densely pubescent.
He:td dull ochraceous or rufoochrnccous jlUUescent, above with six short brown
vittae, eye posteriorly margined, genae with a narrow vitL1, and front laterally
margined finely with denser pubescence; front near clypeus each side with a brown
mncula. Pronotum mostly dull ochraccous or ochraceous-gray, variegated with
deeper ochruccous; disk with a short, medi:tn, basal vitta and a broader, oblique
-One at middle of e:lch side, brown, not very distinct. Scutellum with central area
brown, rest pale ochraccous-gray. E1ytra brown pubescent, entire disk densely
sprinkled with dull gray and ochraceous maculae intermixed, the btter often' form­
ing more or less distinct vittae, behind humerus .'l. large triangular patch and at
posterior two-fifths a narrow; irregular fascia, brown, free of maculae, the fascia
anteriorly on dik irregularly margined with while. Body beneath dark rcddish
brown, unevenly covered with hoary-gray pubescence; sterna laterally indistinctly
maculate with ochraeeous ; abdomell paler, each side with two rows of indistinct
maculflc of denser hoary pubescence, one row marginal, the other between this and
middle. Legs fuscous, pale gray and brown pubescent; femora tinged and apically
annulate with ochraceous. Antennae dark reddish-brown, covered with dull brown
and gray pI bescencc, segments from fifth annulate with gray.
Head minutely alutaceous, with a median line from occiput to clypeus; front
broadly oblong, of nearly equal width throughout, broadly concave between an­
tennal tubercles, minutely alutaceous and finely, sparsely punctate; genae verticaL
minutely alutnccous, impunctate ; eye with lower lobe oblong, slightly exceeding
gena in height; antennni tubercles prominent, robust, widely scparated, apices very
briefly produced. Pronotum strongly transverse, distinctly narrowed at apex, Jat­
eral tubercles broad, feeble, terminal process distinct, acute; apical and basal trans­
verse sulci broad, shallow, the latter coalescing with the lateral oblique OIles; disk
medially with a broad ovate turcle, each side with a circular tumescence, Bub­
equal in height to median tuberclc, indistinctly impressed transversely, on basal
halI a variable number of shallow, moderate-sized punctures. Scutellum strongly
transverse, subtriangular; sides straight, very oblique; apex narrow, retu..