188 REVISION OF THE GEXUS PAROPSIS, 



BB. The raised spaces on the elytra not seriate anomala, Blackb. 



AAA. The interruption (if any) of the elytral punctu- 

 ration neither raised blotches nor a single 

 common area. 

 B. Disc of elytra with a sharply defined coloured 

 pattern. 

 C. The elytral markings consist of numerous 

 small spots paler than the general surface. 

 D. Pronotum with numerous black spots (size 



large, 5 lines long or more) fulvoguttata, Baly. 



DD. Pronotum not variegated with black (size 



much smaller) Polyxo, Blackb. 



CC. The elytral markings consist of smoky brown 

 or blackish areas longitudinally alternated 

 with testaceous. 

 D. The testaceous areas are 5 narrow vittae (of 



which 4 reach the base of the elytra) hiimncticoUh, Chp. 



DD. The discal testaceous blotches on the elytra 

 are of irregular form, and do not reach 



the base mubrata, Chp. (?) 



CCC. The elytral markings not as in the preceding 

 aggregates. 



D. The pronotum without markings Stdli, Chi^. 



DD. The pronotum marked with well defined 

 black spots. 

 E. The elytral markings consist of more or 



less abbreviated longitudinal black lines nitidissima, Blackb. 

 EE. The black portions of the elytra more or 

 less transverse. 

 F. The elytral markings include a black V hastata, Chp. 

 FF. No elytral marking resembling a black 



V Selene, Blackb. 



BB. Elytra without any well defined discal pattern, 

 C. Legs with a sharply defined pattern of con- 

 trasted black and yellow (size large, long. 



5^ lines or more) Circe, Stal. 



CC. Legs unicolorous or nearly so, or merely with 

 femora somewhat darker than tibiae. 

 D. Form not nearly convex enough for the out- 

 line (viewed from the side) to be a semi- 

 circle. 

 E. Elytral puncturation strong (not less so 

 than in hipnncticollis, Chp.). 



