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antennis apicem versus et nonnullorum exemplorum femori- 

 bus apicem versus et tibiarum basi infuscatis. 

 5. In prothorace (exemplis rarissimis exceptis) haud fusco- 



notata. Long. 2|-3i lat. 2i-3i lines. 

 This is another species with structural characters very close to 

 those of P. genicidata (as characterised above). It is uniformly 

 smaller, always has distinctly traceable elytral striae, and has a 

 certainly more transverse pro thorax. The last of these characters 

 distinguishes it from P. lo also, than which species moreover it is 

 smaller, although the largest female of it that I have seen is as 

 larsfe as the smallest male I have seen of P. lo. 



In colour and markings it differs essentially from both genicu- 

 lata and lo, for though it is certainly variable no variety seems 

 to approximate at all to either of those species further than that 

 of all these species there seem to be rare varieties of the female 

 in which the entire insect is testaceous, and these undoubtedly 

 are difficult to distinguish. In fact, however, I have not seen an 

 example of lo devoid of markings, and the invariably traceable 

 elytral stride of Atalanta furnish a reliable (though not very con. 

 spicuous) distinction from genicidata. 



A fully marked specimen of this insect has 4 ill defined fuscous 

 blotches placed transversely across its prothorax, a small well 

 defined blackish blotch near the base of the 5th interstice of the 

 elytra, a blotch (similar to the subbasal one) at the beginning of 

 the posterior declivity on each of the 3rd, 5th and 7 th interstices, 

 and a small blotch about the middle of the suture. Some or all 

 of the above markings are absent in some specimens. Of the 

 male I have not seen an example without at least the middle two 

 of the prothoracic markings, and of the female only one example 

 with prothoracic markings. Of the elytral markings the sul)basal 

 spot is the one most frequently wanting; the sutural blotch is 

 often wanting; the posterior spots are at least faintly indicated 

 in all the examples I have seen, and sometimes they coalesce and 

 even are dilated into a large subcircular blotch common to the 

 two elytra and occupying the greater part of the posterior 

 declivity. In some examples the elytral punctures are more or 



