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minute tubercles at the tip. Face sliglitl}' curved under ; frontal costa 

 prominent, broad, somewhat expanding below, and obtusely sulcate ; lateral 

 carinse distinct, curving outward to the corners of the face. Pronotum 

 covered somewhat regularly with small tubercles, otherwise not very rugose, 

 being but slightly wrinkled transversely ; median carina moderately elevated, 

 nearly straight on top, interrupted only l)y one slight notch ; lateral carinje 

 wanting on the anterior lobes, distinct, but obtuse on the posterior lobe. 

 Elytra and wings longer than the abdomen; there is, in the female, a 

 distinct expansion of the lower border of the elytra near the base, the 

 nerves of the dorsal field ramose and prominent. Posterior femora very 

 broad, the width near the base being about equal to the width of the elytra ; 

 upper and lower carinse much elevated and sharp ; not reaching the tip of 

 the abdomen. Valves of the ovipositor very robust, elongate. 



Color. — Pale-reddish or yellowish-bi'own, with dark-brown or fuscous 

 spots. Head and thorax (in dried specimens) dark reddish-brown, the sides 

 of the pronotum nearly black ; it is probable that this, in living specimens, is 

 paler and tinged with olive-green. Elytra roseate and somewhat opaque at 

 the base, transparent at the apex, marked with tolerably large dark-brown 

 spots, somewhat elongate transversely, placed irregularly ; one of the largest 

 crosses the lower field at the expansion near the base. Wings with the disk 

 and basal portion a bright, "deep orange-red (Serville says cinnabar-red), semi- 

 opaque ; exterior to this and just beyond the middle they are crossed by a 

 rather narrow fuscous band, which curves round on the posterior margin to 

 the anal angle; it also carves slightly inward in front; exteriorly it fades into 

 the black-nerved, transparent, apical portion ; the anterior margin is bordered 

 with a red stripe, which extends to the base; this is separated from the red oi 

 the disk by a black ray, which also extends nearly to the base. Abdomen 

 glabrous, much more so than the rest of the body. Legs glabrous, of a clear 

 reddish-brown ; the posterior femora internally deep-blue, with a yellow ring 

 near the apex; external face with three indistinct obliqae bands. Posterior 

 tibiaj yellowish, slightly tinged with red. Antennae fuscous. 



Serville states that the apex of the wing of the male is marked with 

 small, obscure, dusky stripes; the inside of the posterior femora yellow; 

 external face with three black Ijands. 



Dimensions. — 9 Length, 1.75 inches; elytra, 1.5 inches; posterior frniora. 



