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above the head is black, shining, and strongly marked, and by the arrangement of the 
dark spots at the base and across the middle of the tegmina. There appear to be three 
well-marked forms—one (var. a) of a brownish colour, with dark markings; another 
(var. 6) of a light yellowish-grey colour, with red markings; and a third (var. ¢) of a 
more or less bright red colour, with the front of the pronotum just above the head 
yellowish. This latter, as is evident from the description, is the H. sanguinosa of 
Fairmaire. It varies in size from 8 to 10 millim. “cum tegminibus” ; the yellowish- 
grey variety with red markings (var. 5) is apparently confined to high altitudes, all the 
specimens being from places with an elevation of from 4000 to 8000 feet. 
2. Hoplophora signoreti, sp. n. (Tab. III. figg. 23, 23 a.) 
Lata, capite pronotoque ferrugineis, hoc unicolori, fortiter rugoso-punctato, lineis nonnullis elevatis inzequali- 
bus linez dorsali elevate toti rubre parallelis; tegminibus hyalinis, venis nigris vel brunneo-nigris ad 
basin partim flavis, maculis quibusdam nigris instructis ; pedibus ferrugineis, tarsis anticis et intermediis 
nigro-fuscis. 
A large species, with the head and pronotum entirely ferruginous, the latter strongly and rugosely punctate, 
especially on the dorsum, and with several uneven raised lines parallel to the dorsal line, which is raised 
and red throughout ; humeral projections very blunt, very slightly projecting; tegmina hyaline, with the 
veins darker or lighter brown, partly yellowish at the base, with two black spots one above the other 
close to the base, and an irregular band of spots across the middle; legs ferruginous, with the anterior 
and intermediate tarsi black ; male smaller than female, with the veins and underside darker. 
. Long. 10 millim.; cum tegm. 14 millim. 
3. Long. 8 millim.; cum tegm. 11 millim. 
_ Hab. Mexico (coll. Signoret). 
Two specimens. These are named H. sanguinosa in Signoret’s collection, but, as 
Fairmaire’s description manifestly does not apply to them but to the preceding species, 
I have separated them; his description is as follows :—“ Fortement ponctué, d’un beau 
rouge ; bord antérieur jaune, caréne noire antérieurement.” There is another specimen 
under H. sanguinosa in Signoret’s collection, of a dark brown ‘colour, with darker 
markings, and the margins of the pronotum and central line in part clear red, which 
may be a variety of the preceding, though I should rather refer it to the present 
species. 
3. Hoplophora cinerea. (Tab. III. figg. 24, 24 a.) 
Hoplophora cinerea, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. sér. 2, iv. p. 272°. 
Hab. Mexico}, Jalapa (Hoge), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith); Guaremata, 
Teleman and Panzos in Vera Paz, Zapote, Capetillo (Champion). 
This species is represented in our collection by a far greater number of examples 
than any other of the genus, and it seems to have been taken very plentifully by 
Mr. Champion at Teleman; it does not appear to be a common insect, to judge by other 
collections. HH. cinerea may easily be known by its broad convex form, uniform brown 
