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HH. The interstitial punctures (at any 



rate on parts of the surface) so 



like the seriate as to make the 



series indistinct and confused. 



I. The elytra with sharply defined 



markings. 

 J. Head (except the labrum) entirely 



black jucunda, Chp. 



JJ. Head (except base"" testaceous scutifera, White. 



I. The elytra uniformly testaceous or 



brownish (in dried specimens) Medea, Blackb. 



FF. Prosternum not sulcate down the 

 middle and not (or scarcely) carinate 

 at the sides. Not more than 5 joints 

 in the dilated series of antennal 

 joints. 

 G. Seriate puncturation (at any rate near 

 the lateral margins) coarse, the dia- 

 meter of the punctures in middle 

 part of 9th and 10th series much 

 greater than width of interstice 

 between them. 

 H. Interstices of elytra punctured very 



distinctly and not very finely apicata, Clk. 



HH. Interstitial puncturation extremely 



fine delicatula, Chp. 



GG. Seriate puncturation considerably 

 less coarse. 

 H. Basal joint of front tarsi of J as large 

 as 2 and 3 together. Elytral inter- 

 stices of 5 opaque, with excessively 



close fine puncturation Niobe, Blackb. 



HH. Sexual characters not as in either 

 sex of Niobe. 

 I. Elytra distinctly longer than together 

 wide. 

 J. Head flat between the eyes and 

 very wide, with sparse deep punc- 

 turation. Form strongly convex chlorotica, Oliv. 

 JJ. Head less deeply and less sparsely 

 punctured. Form notably more 

 depressed. 



