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pale-testaceous, stout, elongate-conical. Hind femora a little longer than the 

 abdomen, whitish, and with two rows of black streaks on the outer side, with 

 a black stripe on the inner side, reddish beneath ; hind tibisB red, a little 

 shorter than the hind femora ; spines black. Elytra cinereous, rather shorter 

 than the body, with an abbreviated, discoidal stripe, composed of black dots. 

 Wings pellucid ; veins white, black along the costa and at the tips. 



Dimensions. — Length, 0.92 inch; expansion of the wings, 1.84 inches. 



United States, Vancouver's Island (Walker). 



C. scrlptws. Walk., Cat. Dermap. Salt., IV, 680. 



Female. — Pale-yellow, rather slender. Head and pronotum with two 

 broad, black stripes, which, on the latter, are much excavated, and do not 

 extend beyond the fourth transverse-impressed line. Head smooth, rather 

 short, partly tinged with red; tip of the vertex flat, elliptical; front with 

 four slight carina3, which diverge slightly toward the face. Eyes ferruginous, 

 sub-elliptical, straight on the fore side, much rounded on the hind side. An- 

 tennae tawny, slender. Pronotum very finely scabrous ; disk flat, with three 

 very slight carinse ; transverse-impressed lines well defined ; fore border 

 nearly straight ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border slightly elongated, 

 hardly angular. Prosternal spine stout, elongate-conical, a little broader than 

 thick. Four anterior legs tawny above. Hind femora as long as the abdo- 

 men, with three blackish patches above, and with three on the outer side, 

 which is mostly tinged with red ; hind tibiae red, a little shorter than the 

 hind femora, their spines tipped with black. Wings pellucid, extending to 

 the tip of the abdomen. Elytra with many black spots and dots, most of 

 the spots forming a discoidal stripe ; veins tawny. Wings with black veins. 



Difnensions. — Length, 1 inch; expansion of the elytra, 1.67 inches. 



Vancouver's Island (Walker). 



€. foiastsara^ais, Walk., Cat. Dermap. Salt., IV, 679. 



Female. — Pale-yellow, rather slender, sometimes tinged with red. Head 

 and pronotum with two broad, irregular, black stripes, which extend from the 

 eyes to the fourth transverse line of the pronotum. Head smooth ; tip of the 

 vertex depressed, sub-fusiform ; front with four distinct carinae, inner parallel, 

 outer divergiug toward the lace. Eyes ferruginous, straight in front, much 

 rounded on (he hind side. I'alpi with black tijis. Pronotum short, sub- 



