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twelve short spines (instead of eight very long ones) on the anterior lobe,.a short 
blunt, posteriorly directed tooth at the lateral angles, and the basal margin narrowly 
reflexed; the scutellum more broadly foliaceous at the apex; the third antennal joint 
not longer than the second. The tibie are annulated with black to the apex. 
8. Milyas tuberculatus, n. sp. (Tab. XV. figg. 3, 3a, 2.) 
¢. Broad, obovate, finely pubescent and also clothed with long erect hairs; fusco-testaceous, the head black 
above, except at the.sides between the eyes; the pronotum with the tubercles on the anterior lobe and a 
patch at the hind angles black, and the basal margin stramineous ; the elytra and the raised portion of 
the scutellum fuscous; the connexival segments each with a large black patch ; the under surface 
testaceous, the pleura and sterna spotted with black; the antenne with joints 1 and 2 black, 1 quadri- 
annulated with flavous, 2 with a flavous median ring, the others ferruginous; the legs stramineous, the 
femora speckled and annulated with black, the tibie narrowly triannulated with black at the base; the 
rostrum stramineous, the basal joint spotted with black. Head broad, much shorter than the pronotum, 
tuberculate above; antenne rather short, joint 1 about twice as long as 2, 2 much shorter than 3 
(4 broken). Pronotum with the anterior lobe coarsely tuberculate and with a short stout tooth at the 
anterior angles; the posterior lobe considerably dilated at the sides, sparsely granulate on the disc, 
the lateral angles armed with a short, stout, blunt, backwardly directed tooth ; the basa] margin reflexed, 
sinuate on each side and also feebly bisinuate in the centre. Scutellum with the apex rounded and 
slightly foliaceous. Connexivum broad, rounded externally. Legs rather short. 
Length 113; breadth of the pronotum 334, of the abdomen 43 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Xucumanatlan in Guerrero 7000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
One example. Near M. spinicollis, but broader, with tubercles (instead of spines) on 
the anterior lobe of the pronotum, the lateral angles armed with a longer and stouter 
tooth; the tibiz annulate at the base only. 
4, Milyas inermis, n. sp. (Tab. XV. figg. 4,¢; 4a, last genital segment, ¢ .) 
Rather broad, moderately elongate, sparsely pilose ; stramineous, the abdomen and legs with a reddish tinge 
in fresh examples; the head black above, with a small spot between the ocelli, an oblique mark on each 
side before the eyes, and the anterior portion in part, stramineous ; the pronotum with the anterior lobe 
variegated with black (leaving a spot at the sides, two vittee on the disc, and the anterior angles pale), 
the posterior lobe, the basal margin excepted, slightly infuscate, the hind angles with a small black spot ; 
the scutellum blackish at the sides below the base; the elytra fuscous or fusco-testaceous ; the connexivum 
banded with black; the ventral sutures very narrowly, and some small spots on the pleura, black ; the 
antenne with joints 1 and 2 black, 1 triannulated with stramineous, 2 with a stramineous median ring, 
3 and 4 ferruginous ; the femora narrowly, and the basal halves of the tibie and the basal joint of the 
rostrum more broadly, annulated with black. Head moderately broad ; antenne with joint 1 about twice 
as long as 2, 2 and 4 subequal, 3 much longer than 2. Pronotum smooth, the anterior lobe sulcate down 
the middle and with a short stout tooth at the anterior angles, the lateral angles tuberculate or nodose ; 
the base strongly bisinuate in the middle and also deeply sinuate at the sides, the margin rather broad 
and reflexed. Scutellum with the apex rounded and strongly foliaceous. Connexivum rather broad. 
Legs moderately elongate. 
g. Terminal genital segment armed with a stout tooth of variable length, the genital lobes long and very 
slender. ; 
Length 114-13, breadth of the abdomen 4-43 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero, Cuernavaca in Morelos (H. H. Smith). 
Var. The head above, a small spot between the ocelli excepted, the pronotum and pleura in great part, and 
the sides of the venter broadly, a row of spots excepted, black, the corium sordid ochreous. (@.) 
Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Buchan-Hepburn). 
