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Dotum conical ; elytra strongly, coarsely, simply punctate on base,
humeri conical, strongly projecting ; and procoxae unarmed in both
sexes.
Moderate, elongate-ovate, rather slender, subcylindrical. Head with front.
elongate, Uipcring above, slightly widened below eye; genae very elongate, vertical;
eye with lower lobe broadly ovate, small, about balf the height of gena; antennal
tubercles prominent, subapproximate, only slightly and obtusely produced at apex
in male. Pronotum transverse, conical, laterally unarmed; disk with three dis
tinct tubercles. Scutellwn trall.Sverse. Elytra distinctly Iwd strongly attenuate to
apices, which are separately, narrowly rounded; basal gibbosity very feeble; disk
on basal third with coarse, sparse, simple punctures ; hwneri strongly projecting,
conical, angle with a large, obtuse tubercle. Prostcrum simple, broad, widened
posteriorly; mesosternal process short, sides nearly straight, apex deeply, bilobedly
emarginate. Legs moderate in length; procoxae prominent, unarmed in both sexes,;
femora gradually clavate, robust ; metatibiae in male feebly expanded; protnrai
moderately dilated in male. Antennae in male one and one-third times as long
as body, in female about as long as body; seape attaining apical third of pronotum,
slender, clavate beyond basal third; third segment feebly bisinuate, one and one-half
times as long as ,first; rest gradually shorter, eleventh subequal to tenth in male.
GENOTYPE : Agaritha iolaia Dillon and Dillon, spec. no\'.
Agaritha iolnia Dillon and Dillon, spec. nov.
Pr..o.TE I, FIGURE 11.
Superficially resembles certain of the Hypsioma, particularly
H. attalia, H. opalina and H. hezia, in the slender, tapering form
of the body and in coloration, but is entirely different in structure,
ns can be ascertained from the generic descriptions.
MALE. Elongate-ovate, rather slender, subcylindrical, clytra subconvex; hcad
and pronotum piceous, elytm dull olivo-brown; above with grayish-yellow pubescence,
varied with small, irregular patches of brownish pubescence, the grayishyellow
on elytra fanning D:trrow, elongate patehes. Scutellum brown pubescent,
with a glabrous vitta medially, narrowly vittate laterally with grayish-yellow.
Beneath piceous, thinly grayish-yellow pubescent; abdomen with an nt,.tclluate
vitIa of same pubescence i:tterally, middle broadly glabrous, smooth, shining, with
only scattered short hairs. Legs and tarsi piceous, with thin, grayish-yellow
pubescence. Antennae piceous; scape grayish-yellow pubescent, with a few small,
brownish maculae and 11 large 0110 on apex; segments from third gr:ty pubescent all
basal third, remainder of segments dark brown pubescent.
Head above finely, densely punctate, a median impres... lille from occiput
to near epistoma on front; the latter elongate, slightly widened below eyes, surface
finoly, densely punctate; genae very much elongate, ·finely punct:tte; eye with
lower lobe very small, broadly oval, only half the genal height; antennal tubercles
aubapproximate, prominent. only very slightly :md bluntly produced at anex.