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LA\\'RENCE S. DILLON AND ELIZA.BETH S. OILJ.ON 15
sometimes slightly varied wilh browll or ochraceous; di.sk of pronotum with a wide
I'itta either side of middle, mottled with brown or ochraceous. Scutellum dark
brown pubescent, moderately or narrowly nlnrgined with white. Elytra dark
brown, ochraceous, and white va.riegated; each ely trOll with two obliquc, white
fasciae, one just before middle, second at apical third, both attain suture. Beneath
dark reddish-brown, white pubescent; abdomen from second sternite ;medially
glabrous, each sternite laterally with a large, irregular, glabrous macula. Legs
dark reddish-brown, thinly white pubescent; tarsi and basal h(llI of claw segment
pale gray pubescent. Antennae with scape piceous, remaining segments paler,
with only apice.:> piceous; scnpe thinly, pale gray pubescent, apex wit·h a large,
dark brown macula; remnining segments thinly gray pube:;:ccnt on basal half.
Head above minutely :llutnceous, with fine .sparse punctures interslJersed, a.
median impressed line from occiput to just below middle of front ; front elongate,
broad, sides straight, only feebly oblique, entire surface finely, spa.rsely punctate
and vtith scattered, very course punctures; genae much elongate, narrow, slightly
narrower at eye, surface very finely, sparsely punctate; eye with lower lobe very
small, subquadrate, two-fifths genal height; antenna! tubercles prominent, sub­
approximate, at ape.'( with a robust, acute tooth. Pronotum transverse, conicnl,
sides straight, feebly oblique, unarmed; basal and apical transverse sulcus wide,
shallow, former oblique latemlly; disk at middle towards base with an elongate,
broad, feebly elevated tubercle, on either side slightly more apical a very brand,
rounded, feebly elevated tubercle; entire disk with coar.se, scattered granules, base
and a. small, rounded area Jaternlly with a few setigerous punctate granules.
Scutellum transverse, sides vcry broadly arcuate, apex broadly rounded, sometimes
feebly notched medially. Elytra with sides broadly arcuate, moderately attenuate,
apices separately rounded; each elytron at base with an elongate, feebly arcuate
gibbosity, which do not meet lit suture; surface from base to first fascia at middle
sparsely, conrsely grlllluinte-punctnte, thencc to apex only sparsely, ooletely
punctate; humeri very prominent and elevated, anterior margin feebly aTCU!ltc,
very ob lique, angle with a large tubercle which is obliquely truncate at apex, a
distinct costa. laterally from humerus to ncar apex. Prost.emum moderate in
\\,idth, abruptly widened behind middle; mesosternul process broad, at tip bilobecUy
emarginate; fifth sternite about half again as long 8S fourth, at apex truncate,
Procoxae globose, with a short, robust uncus; profemora. robust, with sides nrly
parallel from basal two-thirds, thcn rather abruptly clavate, transversely rugose
dorsally and ventrally on basal half, remaining femora more or less abruptly
clavate beyond basal third; metatibiae slightly dilated. Antenne one and one­
half to one and twowthirds body length; scape robust" not Teaching to middle of
pronotum, strongly clavnte from basal thi rd, basal two-trurds on each side with
five or six deep grooves, above finely, densely punctate; tllird segment feebly sinuate,
two fifths longer than $Cape; fourth about onc--filth shorter than third; remaining
segments gradually shorter; feebly fimbriate beneath on first, third and fourth.
FEMALE. More robust; abdomen usually with only a transverse glabrous
area at midcUe on third nnd fourth stcrnite, fifth with a tri:lngul.ar, glabrous area;
antennal tubercles feebly produeed. at apex; fifth sternite nearly twice length of
fourth, apically feebly emarginate and shallowly, triangularly impressed at middle;