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tudinal stripe on each side, 1^ times as long as wide, the sculpturing 

 like that of G. pallidus, Schklg., the areas of the prothorax, however, 

 much more elevated, so that five distinct tubercles are visible, two 

 pairs close beside one another and a single tubercle behind in front 

 of the scutellum, the sides of the prothorax deeply impressed pos- 

 teriorly. Elytra almost up to the apex with rows of fine punctures, 

 yellow, with irregular brownish dots. Under side of the remarkably 

 long legs pale yellow, the femora with brown terminal half, the tibiae 

 brown to black at the base, also shortly before the apex with a 

 blackish ring. 



Differs from the related species indicus, gemellatus, and pallidus 

 by the long prothorax. 



Synoptic Table of the Genus Gyponyx, Gorh. 



1. Elytra not uniformly blood-red or dark red in front. 



2. Prothorax not divided into convex areas by longitudinal and transverse grooves 



3. Elytra not unicolorous. 



4. Prothorax with six very distinct tubercles. 



5. Upper side yellow, elytra with four (var. 6-punctatits, Schklg., with six) black 

 points ; legs unicolorous yellowish 17. nodicollis, Boh. 



5a. Prothorax dark, the tubercles yellowish brown; elytra green, yellowish and 



black marmorate ; legs tawny maculate 18. viridescens, Hintz. 



4a. Prothorax without six distinct tubercles. 



6. Elytra in the forepart unicolorous yellowish brown, the apex black (some- 

 times with a large pale spot) 16. apicalis, Chevr. 



6rt. Elytra otherwise coloured. 



7. Elytra with distinct pale spot or pale band at or before the apex. 



8. Legs and upper side black, elytra each with three pale spots 



8. sexnotatus, Boh. 

 8a. Legs brownish or yellowish. 



9. Elytra brown, each with three sharply marked pale spots. 



10. Elytra with regular rows of punctures 9. sexmaculatus, Hintz. 



10a. Elytra with irregular, finely rugose punctuation .. .. 10. weisei, Hintz. 



9a. Elytra without six sharply marked pale spots. 



11. Legs unicolorous, at most with paler tarsi. 



12. Pale middle band on elytra very distinct ; before the apex a round pale spot 



6. abyssinicus, Gorh. 

 12a. No distinct middle band ; before the apex a narrow, band-like, winding pale 



line 1. chinensis, F. 



11a. Legs not unicolorous, the base of the femora always paler. 



13. Elytra punctated almost to the apex, the punctures partly arranged in 

 double rows 2. natalensis, Boh. {Clerus). 



13a. Punctuation of elytra reaching only up to or a little beyond the middle. 



14. Elytra in front with dark spots on pale ground ; prothorax brown or black. 



15. Yellow coloration extending almost over two-thirds of the elytra and 

 provided with few dark spots besides the dark punctures. 



3. retrocinetus, Chevr, 



