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stripe of the same color along the anterior margin ; the green of the elytra 

 iiudclenly decreases a little beyond the middle, the apical third licing cliielly 

 brownish. Wings transparent yellow at the base ; the apical two-thirds 

 fuliginous; paler at the apex. Posterior tibiaB with a white ring near the 

 base, rest pale vermilion or blue ; tarsi reddish. 



.9 Figured, Harr., Rep., 3d ed., PL iii, Fig. 2. 

 Var. radiata. 



Syu., T. radiata, Harr., Eep., 3d ecL, 183. 



Head and thorax ash-brown, streaked and dotted with black and dark- 

 brown. Elytra dark- brown where in the other variety they are green; anterior 

 margin near the base pale, with a black spot at the angular expansion. 

 Exterior face of the posterior femora cinereous ; posterior tibiae dark-blue 

 below the pale ring. The notch in the median carina is more apparent in 

 this variety than the other. Males much smaller, and darker. 



Dimensions. — 2 Length, 1.1 to 1.25 inches ; elytra, 0.9 inch ; posterior 

 femora, 0.6 inch; posterior tibise, 0.5 inch, ^j Length, 0.84 inch; elytra, 

 0.62 inch; posterior femora, 0.45 inch; posterior tibise, 0.42 inch. 



Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut (Scudder) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; 

 Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Florida, Mississippi (Thomas). 



TOMOWfOTIJS, Sauss. 



The body compressed on the sides. Antennse flattened or tiliform, rather 

 short. Face vertical, more or less curved below. The vertex horizontally 

 produced or sub-deflexed, triangular in front ; the median foveola flat or 

 transversely indented, the front part horizontal or slightly elevated, a slight 

 median carina, truncate, and closed in front ; margins raised ; lateral foveolse 

 triangular, the inner margin arcuate. The face somewhat compressed, and' 

 more or less prismatic ; the frontal costa very prominent, its sides parallel, 

 more or less sulcate, and generally bisulcate above the ocellus. The prono- 

 tum obtuse-angled in front; hind margin acute-angled; median carina cristate 

 or sub-cristate, continuous ; no lateral carinas on the anterior lobes, obtuse or 

 sub-acute on the posterior lobe. Elytra and wings usually extending beyond 

 the apex of the abdomen. Posterior femora compressed and dilated. Pro- 

 sternum unarmed. 



This genus has much the appearance of Tropeonotus, but differs in 

 having the face vertical, and the crest of the pronotum is generally less 

 prominent; the femora are dilated and tlie prosteruum unarmed. It also 

 appioaches Pachytilus. 



