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abdominal segments are rufous centrally and each has a piceous macula 

 laterally. 



Series 2, fig. 2. In the subbasal transverse series of small spots the sec- 

 ond from the suture is distinctly enlarged and slightly more ex- 

 tended posteriorly ; median macula of the median series present and 

 very small, medial macula distinctly crescentiform and nar- 

 rower; subapical macula larger. Sutural margins of the elytra con- 

 colorous with the disc. Pronotal maculae slightly less widely sep- 

 arated and the lateral macula larger. Under surface paler, as in the 

 type of Series i, except that the general color is more rufous and 

 the side pieces scarcely whitish. Two companion specimens to the 

 type of Series 2 are identical, except that the side pieces are more 

 whitish. 



Series 3, fig. 3. Maculae of the subbasal series larger and sub- 

 equal ; maculae of the median series distinctly larger, the medial sub- 

 crescentiform, thicker and more irregular in outline, lateral macula 

 slightly the largest. Pronotum with the posteriorly converging maculae 

 nearer together and almost connected with the narrow elongated 

 macula which is continuous with the ante-scutellar macula. Edge 

 of the sutural margin of each elytron very narrowly nigrescent. 



Under surface as in the type of Series 2. Four companion speci- 

 mens to the type of the present series, vary as follows : One has the 

 under surface the same, but the side pieces of the sterna are whitish ; 

 the second has the metasteruum and first two abdominal segments 

 slightly piceous ; the third has the metsternum nigro-piceous ; the 

 fourth is rufous beneath with the abdominal segments piceous cen- 

 trally. 



Series 4, fig. 4. Medial and umbonal maculae larger than in the 

 type of Series 3; median series with the lateral and median maculae 

 slightly smaller, the medial thicker and more crescentiform; sub- 

 apical macula distinctly larger and irregular. Pronotum with the 

 maculae narrowly connected, forming an irregular M-shaped figure ; 

 lateral maculae larger and rounded. The mes- and met-episterna are 

 whitish ; metasternum and first two abdominal segments are ruf o- 

 piceous, remaining segments gradually becoming rufous to the fifth. 



Seven companion specimens to the present type are variable in the 

 color of the under surface, metasternum nigro-piceous, or meta- 

 sternum and first three abdominal segments nigro-piceous to rufo- 

 piceous, to entirely rufous ; one specimen has the metasternum and 

 four abdominal segments nigro-piceous, and the fifth segment rufo- 

 piceous ; another specimen has the mes-epimera nigro-piceous. 



Scries 5, fig. 5 Maculae of all the series larger and more subequal, 

 the medial of the median series distinctly thicker and less evenly cres- 

 centiform. Pronotal M-shaped maculation larger and heavier, con- 

 nectants thicker. Lateral macula no larger than in the type of Series 



