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el\ti n h IS ilic -utur. and a disoid 1 viita bl.ick.ilie fornitr < ( nnecting 

 with the middle ..f the thoracic M and ending just over the convexity (the 

 two tl>tra together showing a single sutural viita of the same width as the 

 discoidal), the latter begins back of the inflexed edge on the third and 

 fuurih intervals and runs back to the edge of the convexity, at which point 

 it switches to the side, and, with a curve, connects with the posterior stand- 

 ard exterior spot, the middle and anterior standard exterior spots are also 

 marked in black, the humeral the stronger, marginal stria lightly curved, 

 with the lobe strongly developed and a thick row of marginal punctures, 

 body beneath black, the last one or two segments and the pygidium picked 

 out with yellow, legs black with spots on the femora and tibiae, making 

 yellow knees ; the anterior coxse are also yellow in the ? , the anal fossa 

 is broad and shallow. 



This species belongs to the oiho?ius group. 



Twelve examples, Cuernavaca, P. de Ixtla, iMexico. Collected by 

 Mr. Wickham. Type coll., Bowditch. 



F. Carolijiensis, nov. sp. — Of the size and general facies oi bajulus, 

 Suff, only much more regularly punctate striate ; colour dirty-yellow, with 

 the standard spots more or less suffused. Length, 2-2^3 mm. 



Head yellow, with the usual dark, median and vertex spots, which 

 are thickly punctured ; the extent of the colour varies much, and speci- 

 mens occur where the yellow is much reduced, front slightly convex, eyes 

 distant in both sexes ; antennae yellowish or brown, reaching the middle of 

 abdomen in ^ » much shorter in 5 ; thorax broader than long, narrowed 

 in front, subangulately rounded at the sides about the middle, colour 

 yellow, with the M more or less distinctly indicated, but usually by 

 partially disconnected patches, punctures rather fine and mostly confined 

 to the dark areas, scutel narrowed at rear and black ; elytra yellow, with 

 almost regular strise of rather coarse black punctures ; the best developed 

 examples show only a slight confusion of the punctures in the scutellar 

 area, and a very slight break or slip back of the humerus, at or about the 

 •area of the middle exterior standard spot ; these specimens also show a 

 well-marked triangular shield ; the standard spots are all more or less 

 visible, and run together in ill-defined areas, and the suture and margin 

 are narrowly black, the marginal stria is very lightly curved, with a well- 

 developed lobe ; body beneath black, with the sides of the abdomen and 

 pygidium picked out with yellow; legs brown, yellow or whitish, with 

 darker rings on the femora, knees and tibiae ; anal fossa shallow. 



