430 The University Science Bulletin. 



. Curicta howardii Montandon, 1910. 



Montandon, A. L., Bui. Soc. Sci. Bucharest, XVIII, p. 181; 1910. 



The original description is in French. The writer's free trans- 

 lation follows: 



Elongate oval in form, visibly attenuate in front and rear, lateral margins 

 not subparallel, the greatest width toward the posterior third. Head quite 

 enlarged, although a little narrower than the front part of the pronotjuii, as 

 long as wide, including the eyes, longitudinally carinate throughout its length, 

 the carina more obtuse on the posterior interocular portion. Interocular 

 space more than three times as wide as the diameter of the eye. Eyes small, 

 globular, anterior part of head triangular, exceeding the anterior level of the 

 eyes by a length ecjual to its width between the eyes in front. 



Pronotum distinctly longer than its width behind, lateral edges subparallel 

 on their anterior three-fifths, quite strongly widened on their posterior two- 

 fifths; with four obtuse longitudinal carinse, little accentuated and sub- 

 parallel, two each side of the anterior part, the posterior part with two 

 oblique carinae arising from the anterior median carina and quite divergent 

 behind. The anterior depression ' of the pronotum broadly semicircular, the 

 anterior angles quite narrowed, subacute. 



Scutellum with three longitudinal carinas, the median continuing quite 

 plainly clear to the apex of the scutellum. The two laterals slightly diverging 

 behind, ^•anishing on the middle of the sides of the scutellum, which are 

 slightly sinuate before the tip or end. 



Coria insensibly and gradually widened behind on their basal halves, at- 

 taining their greatest width behind the middle and narrowing thereafter; 

 membrane well developed, regularly subrounded at the extremity. Com- 

 missure of the clavus almost twice as long as the scutellum. 



Appendages short, quite robust toward the base, attenuated thereafter, 

 about half the length of the abdomen. 



Anterior femora quite robust, as long as the pronotum on its lateral edgeSj 

 with a single median tooth easily visible on the inner edge of the groove where 

 the folded-up tibia is lodged, this tooth distinctly closer to the base than to 

 the apex of the femur; the external side of the groove also appears denticu- 

 late, as if notched on the basal third of the femur. Neither teeth nor sinuosi- 

 ties toward the apex of the femur. 



Anterior coxae half the length of their femora. Anterior tibia quite long, 

 blackish, with a pale annulation toward the base, and the apical third like- 

 wise pale; the extremity of the tarsi come to the basal third of the femora 

 when the tibia is folded back against the latter. 



Intermediate and posterior legs short, the ends of the posterior femora, 

 which are a little shorter than their tibiae, do not reach the suture of the last 

 abdominal segment. Intermediate and posterior tarsi with their claws less 

 than half as long as their tibiae. 



Median longitudinal part of the prosternum slightly saddle-shaped, pro- 

 jecting in all its width, more elevated than the lateral pieces, a little flat- 

 tened and traversed its whole length by a fine median groove; very obtusely 

 tuberculate in its anterior part. A greater space between the intermediate 

 coxae than between the anterior or posterior coxae. 



Length, 19 mm.; maximum width a little behind the middle of the corium, 



