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AAAA. Elytra rounded at tip. 



b. Elytra vittate or with lateral stripes. 



Pubescence silvery white ; thorax and elytra with 

 I ^"^m^ ^ three broad pubescent brown vittae. .60-.80 in. 



(Fig. 5.) Candida, Fabr. 



■*^'^I1V Pubescence cinereous; head and thorax with bright 



yellow pubescence, six black denuded spots on 



thorax. Elytra with broad marginal and sutural 



stripe bright yellow. .37-.40 in. .pti?icticoilis, Say. 



Pubescence grayish. Elytra with broad submarginal 



^mmmmm^ stripe, and sometimes also the suture narrowly 



yellowish-scarlet. A broad stripe on each side of 



'°' ^' thorax. Surface colour piceous, punctures coarse. 



.36-. 60 in , lateralis, Fabr. 



Pubescence grayish. Elytra with broad submarginal 

 stripe (extending also along sides of thorax) 

 yellowish-scarlet, connected with which are three 

 oblique bands, which may reach the suture or be 

 reduced to mere short projections, surface colour 

 piceous, punctuation finer. .t,6-. ^2 . .tridentata,0\\w. 



bb. Elytra with white pubescent spots. Surface brown. 



Thorax with two white stripes, besides a narrow discal 



white line. Elytra each with two large white spots, 



sides of under surface white. .40-.80 m.creiata,^tyvm. 



Thorax with two white stripes, no discal line. Elytra 



each with a humeral and two subsutural white spots, 



sometimes becoming obsolete in the male. Under 

 side altogether or with sides white. .40-.48 in. 

 /ayi, Bland. 



bbb. Elytra each with three small denuded spots, sometimes 

 wanting. Pubescence dense, uniformly olivaceous or 

 yellowish-brown. .48-76 in vestita, Say. 



bbbb. Elytra with a transverse undulate fascia ; surface colour 

 piceous to ferruginous, punctuation coarse and deep. 

 .60 in discoidea ( $ ), Fabr. 



bbbbb. Elytra unicolorous, not variegated. 



Thorax with a broad denuded stripe each side of 

 the median line. Piceous to ferruginous, under side 

 with dense grayish - white pubescence. .40 

 in discoidea ( $ ), Fabr, 



