LAWBENCE S. DILLON <strong>AND</strong> ELIZABETH S. DILLON 23 terior margin more arcuate, the carina usually longer, ending nearly opposite posterior end of gibbositYi eye oblong-ovate i an tennae with annulation of fourth and following segments covering only basal third, surface only slightly paler under annulate por tions than apically i pronotum and base of elytra much paler in color, usually hoary pubescent i seape in male less strongly capitate apically i procoxae with elongate tubercle in male. MALE. Elongate-ovate, robust, convex; fuscous, covered with dense tomentum. Head snd pronotum hoary-gray pubescent, scutellum and basal fourth of elytra mottled with brown, sometimes slightly tinged with fulvous or brown; pronotum with a glabrous median tubercle. Elytra behind basal fourth orange-fulvous pubescent, mottled with brown, and with saattered specks of hoary, sometimes hoary pubescence increased in amount and forming more or less distinct bands and irregular patterns at middle and apically. Body beneath reddish-brown to fuscous, hoary pubescent at middle, sides brownish or dull orange-fulvous pubescent; abdomen polished, piceous or black, broadly viUate lateraUy with brown-orange or orange-fulvous pubescence. Legs dark reddish-brown to fuscous, sparsely hoary or fulvous-gray pubescent; femora. bsnded at apex and beyond middle with dark brown; tarsi claw segments not paler at base but more densely hoary pubescent there. Antennae dark reddish-brown. bases from fourth segment often paler, hoary pubescent, apical third of third seglnellt nnd apieal two-thirds of following seg ments, dark brown pubescent; scape piceous, hoary pubescent, st base brown lind near apex maculate with same color. Head above densely, finely punctate, with s median impressed line from occiput to near epistoma; front with punetation concealed, narrowed between eyes; genae vertical, clongate; eye with lower lobe oblong-ovate, subequal in height to gena; antennal tubercles prominent, subappro>..;mate, at apex with a moder ately long, acute tooth. Pronotum transverse; sides nearly straight, narrowing to apex, unanned; disk with a medinn linear tubercle, each side with two distinct, more or less oblong tubercles, the most lateral of which is broader but often less strongly elevated; apical and basal sulci often shallow, broadly arcuatc, the lateral oblique ones more distinct. Scutellum transverse, more or less semicircular. Elytra. with sides nearly straight, rather strongly tapering npically; apices separntely broadly rounded ; basal gibbosities rather broad, not compressed, rather sparsely and more or less finely punctnte and with a few fine granules t{)ward base; humeri prominent, anterior margin slightly arcuate, angle with an indistinct tubercle from which runs a. fine, angulated carina, ending nearly opposite posterior end of gibbosity (variable); discsl costae very indistinct. Presternum simple; fifth sternite longer than fourth, apex feebly, broadly emarginate or subtruncate. Procoxne tumid posteriorly, anteriorly with an elongate tubercle; femora robust, clavate, profemora more robust basally, finely rugose on basal half beneath; meta tibiae str?ngly expanded apically. Antennae one-third longer than body, cighth segment slightly surpassing elytnl apex, distinctly fimbriale beneath on first four segments ; scnpe robust, clavnte or feebly capitate apically, coarsely rugose on
24 THE TRIBE ONCIDERINI basal half; third segment distinctly bisinuate; eleventh not elongate but with a tufted process at its apex. FEMALE. Antennal tubercles nearly unarmed at apex; elytra less tapering posteriorly; procoxne tumid anteriorly, not tuberculate; profemom and metn tibiae \mmodified; fifth sternatc twice length of fourth, apex nnrrowly emarginntc, medially with 11 broad, triangular impression; antennae no longer than .body, scape more slender, not rugose. LENGTH 12.5-19 mm.; width 4.8-8 mm. Holotype.-Male ; Chapada, Brazil, October ; [C.M.]. Allotvpe.-Female ; topotypic, October; [C.M.]. Paratypes.-5 t, 7 2 ; topotypic; [C.M.]. 2 3,3 5' ; topotypic, October-November j [U.S.N.M.]. 3, 2 ; Matto Grosso, Brazil ; (P. Germaine) j [A.'N.S.P.]. 3 ; Asuncion, Paraguay, (Cornell Un. Exped.) ; [C.U.]. & ; San Bernardino, Paraguay; (K. Fiebrig) ; [U.S.N.M.]. j AreguR, Paraguay, January 20, 1940 ; (A. Schultze) ; [L. Lacey]. 3
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