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AntennfB elongate, filiform, crassate, flattened, and somewhat enlarged near 

 the apex. Pronotum narrow and flat above, tricarinate ; median carina snb- 

 elevated, distinctly severed by the posterior sulcus before the middle ; even 

 the lateral cariujB are cut by the posterior sulcus. Posterior femora rather 

 broad, not slender behind the middle. Elytra bay ; apex pellucid, trifasciate, 

 with fuscous. Wings pellucid ; nerves black ; veinlets scalariform, trans- 

 versely reticulate ; an elongate, black stigma on the anterior border. 



Length, 0.74 inch. 



Mexico (Saussure). 



CEDSPODA, L.atr. 



Sub-genus I. — SjMngonotus, Fieb. 

 <E. haiteii§i<ii, Sauss., Rev. et Mag. Zool., XIII, 1H61, 323. 



Closely related to CE. carulans but less, the body and pronotum acutely 

 rugose. Medium size; testaceous-gray. The vertex somewhat broad between 

 the globose eyes, excavated, strongly deflexed, and drawn out in advance ; 

 foveola with a median carina ; lateral margins elevated and continuous with 

 the margins of the frontal costa ; no lateral foveola. Antennae annulated. 

 Pronotum constricted in front; the posterior sulcus considerably in fi'ont of 

 the middle, slightly carinated above ; the carina obliterated between the 

 cross-furrows ; posterior margin produced, sub-acute, punctate. Elytra some- 

 what longer than the abdomen, bay, bi-fasciate, and spotted, pellucid near the 

 apex. Wings pale-blue, with a broad, fuscous fascia ; apex hyaline. Poste- 

 rior tibite blue, frequently testaceous at the base (when dried these are 

 testaceous). 



Length, 0.94 inch. 



Hayti (Saussure) ; San Domingo (Walker). 



Sub-genus II. — Q^dqwda, Fieb. 



IE. parduliiia, Sauss., Rev. et Mag. Zool, XIH, 1861, 324. 



Robust, dull-yellowish, or castaneous, marbled with yellow; pronotum 

 margined with yellow. Antennas elongate, acuminate, and obscure at the 

 apex. Head broad plicate-rugose ; vertex very rugose, sub-carinate, furnished 

 with seven foveolse, of which the principal one is broad and short. Thorax 

 very rough, tuberculate ; the median carina sliglitly elevated ; twice severed ; 



