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'I'KE THilHi: ONClDERINI
indistinctly, moderately coarsely punctate on oo.sal half. Prostcmum with it.
transverse process between procoxae, these tumid posteriorly, with a small but
distinct, ovoid tubercle anteriorly; femom comparatively slender, clavate, profemora
busally all ventral surface with a few coarse rugosities; mctatibiae on apical
two-thirds strongly dilated. Fifth sternite one-half longer than fourth, apex feebly
emarginate. Antennae distinctly longer than body, the ninth segment attaining
t.ip of eiytra, moderately fringed beneath on proximal five segments, thence with
scattered setae to t1pex; scape elongate, slender, apical third moderately capitate;
third segment only slightly longer than first, distinctly bisinunte.
FEMALE. Less robust; e!ytrn not as attenuate; transverse prosternal process
marc distinct; fifth sternite at apex rotusc, shallowly, triangularly impressed ;
procOXlle with tubercle slightly less prominent; profemora not mgose basally;
metatibiae not dilated 3pically ; untennac distinctly sborter th3n body.
Lfll\'QTH 15.5,17 mm.; width i-i.i mm.
Holotype.-Male; Quiroz, Pern, April 10, 1932 ; [in authol" s
collection from Wd's N. H. Est.].
Allotype.-Female ; Fiches and Perene Valleys, Peru, 2000-
3000 ft. ; [U.S,N.M.).
Churoides litura Dillon and Dillon, spec. nov.
PLATE IV, FIGURE 4.
Distwhyuishable from other members of tbis group by tIle eye
lmving the lower lobe slightly shorter than gena ; pl'onotal lateral
tubercle broad and feebly elevated, with a short process, the discal
ones elongate, the more lateral oues successively morc robust than
median, basal sulcus interrupted eaeh side of middle j scutellum
retuse at apex, the angles ouly feebly elevated; elytra at base more
sparsely punctate, humerus fonowed by a carina to near middle
(as in pulla), the anterior line of median fascia very broad, its
anterior margin straight and oblique ; meso- and metafemor8
broadly dark brown annulate medially.
FEMALE. Elongate-ovate, rat-ber robust, convex; black, covered with fulvousgray
pubescence, finely mottled with dark brown pubescence. Head above with
two oblique, narrow, triangular maculne of dark brown, one each side of median
line just before occiput. Pronotum blotched with dark brown at middle of disk.
Scutellum distinctly margined with fulvous-gray. E1ytra on basal third deep ful­
VallS pubescent, everywhere mottled with dark brown, each disk from declivity
before middle with an oblique fascin of white pubescence, interrupted before suture,
its posterior margin rather undul3ted, followed behind by scattered white specks,
which more or less' form 3n indistinct, broken fasci3, nllrrowcd, parallel to the
anterior one, before the distinct, fllsciu, !lII oblong, obliquely t-runsvcrse macula of