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cles ; the lateral foveolse distinct ; tip depressed, sometimes forming two 

 small foveolse. Frontal costa vertical, broad, expanding considerably at. the 

 ocellus and at the base, more or less sulcate. Pronotum sub-cylindrical in 

 front, transversely depressed in the middle ; disk scabrous, covered with 

 tubercles, nearly flat ; median carina distinct, not prominent, cqt by the last 

 incision in advance of the middle, sometimes a slight notch in front of this ; 

 lateral carinas distinct on the posterior lobe ; anterior margin obtusely 

 rounded ; apex right-angled. Meso-thorax very broad. Elytra and wings 

 passing the abdomen. Posterior femora very broad ; lower carina sharp, 

 lamelliform. Antennae slender, of moderate length. 



Color. — Yellowish-gray, varied with brown, mostly in large spots. Ver- 

 tex and frontal costa pale ash-color, tinged with blue, the latter margined 

 with yellow ; occiput mottled with brown ; cheeks and a spot behind the 

 eyes whitish ; parts of the mouth carneous ; the neck (hid by the pronotum) 

 with a blue ring. Disk of the pronotum dark-brown, with a yellow stripe 

 along each margin. All that part of the elytra below the dorsal angle cov- 

 ered with large, dark-brown spots, separated by irregular, tortuous, yellow 

 stripes ; a narrow, yellow stripe along the dorsal angle ; the inner margin 

 brownish. Wings transparent, lemon-yellow at base ; a rather narrow, fulig- 

 inous band crosses just beyond the middle, curving round the posterior mar- 

 gin to the anal angle, a broad ray of the same running up the front margin 

 nearly to the base, this part separated from the rest by a transparent line at 

 the first nerve ; apex transparent, with black nerves. Base of the abdomen 

 fuscous, tinged with blue. Four anterior legs pale ashy-blue ; inside of the 

 posterior femora and the posterior tibiae a bright coral-red ; exterior face of 

 the posterior femora yellowish, crossed by three oblique, brownish bauds. 

 Under side of the body pale brownisli-yellow ; the pits of the sternum gener- 

 ally red. Sometimes the whitish and ash-color of the head, pronotum, elytra, 

 and legs varies from a dirty-white to a bright-yellow. After long immersion 

 in alcohol but two colors remain, brown and yellow; the brown remains as 

 in the living specimens, the other colors fade to a dull yellowish-white. 



Male. — The male varies but slightly from the female, except in size. 

 The central foveola is more regular; the depressions of the tip generally 

 absent; the frontal costa sulcate throughout; pronotum less scabrous. Brown 

 of the elytra not so thoroughly divided into spots. 



Dimensions. — 5 Length, 1.5 to 2 inches ; elytra, nearly as long as the 



