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* Var. ^. Thorace abdomineqiie lerrugineo-maculaiis , elytris 

 dilutius testaceis, lituris nigris obsolet ioribus, antennis pcdibusque 

 totis ferrugineis. 



Patria : Carolina. Dom. Dupont. Mus. Schh. 



Magnitudine Bnichi 5cw/e//am; liabit» picturaque ceteriim ßn<- 

 c/io *nmac»/a?o valde propinquus, differre tarnen videtur ihorace 

 sub-canaliculato, plctnra elytrorum pygidiique nonnihil diversa, 

 praecipue vero dente femorum posticomm evidenter validiore. Ca- 

 put deflexum, confertim granulatum, nigrum , nitidum, pube te- 

 nui , grisea, parce adspersum , inter oculos carina abbreviata elevata. 

 Oculi magni, lunati.^ prominuli, nigri. Antennaj dimidio corporis 

 longiores, vix vel parum serrataj, nigrae, articulis (ribus baseos 

 ferrugineis. Thorax sub-conicus,antice diiplo angusdor, Iriincatus, 

 lateribus obliquis, basi bi-sinuatus, lobo niedio emarginalo, angu- 

 lis lateralibus prominulis, supra convexus, subtiliter granulatus, 

 niger, nitidus, pube grisea, in dorso tenuissinia, versus latera, in 

 lobo ante-scutellari apiceque densiore, obsitns, antice in niedlo lon- 

 gitudinaliter obsoletissime inipressus.Scutelluin apicesub-rotunda- 

 tum, nigrum, tenuiter griseo-pubescens Elytra antice thoracis basi 

 nonnihil latiora, sub-truncata, callo humerali elcvato, angulis ro- 

 tundatis, lateribus parum ampliata, posticc singulatim rotundata 

 supra in dorso fere plana, remote punctato-striata, interstitiis pla- 

 nis, subtiliter coriaceis , disco rufo-ferruginea ; regione scutelli , 

 margine baseos , plaga leterali sinuata, ab humeris pone medium 

 extensa , apice late suturaque anguste nigris, in disco inte- 

 riore prsterea lineis duabus discretis, ejusdem coloris, notata. 

 Pygidium niagnum , desceridens, versus apicem convexum , punc- 

 tulatum, densius griseo-pubescens, rufo-ferrugineum, margine la- 

 terali maculaque indeterminata descoidali fuscis. Corpus subtus 

 convexum, punctulatum, nigrum tenuiter pubescens. Pedes qua- 

 tuor anteriores tenuiores; toti ferriiginei , poslici validiores, femo- 

 ribus ferrugineis, nigro plagiatis , subtus apice spina acuta et juxta 

 illam externe dente validiore armatis , tibiis tarsisque totis ferru- 

 gineis. 



Far. f.. Tantum colore pallidiore differt; vertice, thoracis disco 

 angulisque ferrugineo-translucentibus, elytris pallidius testaceis, 

 humeris, apice, lunulaque laterali fuscis, abdominis margine pos- 

 tico ferrugineo, antennis pedibusque totis ferrugineis, vix in- 

 fuscatis;ceteruni ul in y.. — Fhs. _# 



