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  OF 
  GENUS 
  PlIHICTUS 
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  7. 
  Klyini 
  jellowisli, 
  irregularly 
  Uiiisculale 
  uver 
  all 
  with 
  brdU 
  n 
  ; 
  liiiul 
  wings 
  not 
  

  

  uiaoulate 
  sordidus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Elytra 
  brown, 
  inaeulute 
  in 
  basal 
  two-tbirds 
  with 
  small 
  round 
  orange 
  sjiots; 
  

  

  hlud 
  wings 
  maculate 
  with 
  brown 
  notatus 
  Lallemaud 
  

  

  8 
  (4). 
  Elytni 
  green 
  in 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  round 
  red 
  or 
  orange 
  

  

  maculae; 
  apical 
  third 
  with 
  large 
  brown 
  maculae 
  9 
  

  

  Elytra 
  brown 
  or 
  reddish 
  brown 
  10 
  

  

  It. 
  Tet'tli 
  in 
  ajHi 
  ot' 
  cephalic 
  process 
  obtuse, 
  somewhat 
  deflected 
  caudad 
  ; 
  median 
  

  

  carina 
  of 
  pronotuni 
  delinitely 
  forke<l 
  caudad 
  inoebiusi 
  Schmidt 
  

  

  Teeth 
  in 
  aix'X 
  slender, 
  not 
  dellected 
  caudad; 
  pronotal 
  carina 
  not 
  delinitely 
  

   furcate 
  hoffmannsi 
  Schmidt 
  

  

  10. 
  Elytra 
  some 
  shade 
  of 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  with 
  pink 
  calloused 
  areas 
  present, 
  es- 
  

  

  I)ecially 
  basally; 
  cephalic 
  process 
  toothed 
  on 
  ventral 
  surface. 
  

  

  diadema 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Elytra 
  brown, 
  maculate 
  with 
  y«'llow 
  ; 
  cephalic 
  process 
  smooth 
  beneath__ 
  11 
  

  

  11. 
  Combined 
  length 
  of 
  c«*phalic 
  pincess 
  and 
  head 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pronotum; 
  expanse 
  

  

  of 
  trifurcate 
  aiM'X 
  equal 
  to 
  distance 
  between 
  (xular 
  si)ines. 
  

  

  minutacanthis, 
  new 
  species 
  

   Combined 
  lengrth 
  of 
  cephalic 
  process 
  and 
  head 
  longer 
  than 
  pronotum; 
  ex- 
  

   panse 
  of 
  apex 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  distance 
  between 
  ocular 
  spines. 
  

  

  punctatus, 
  new 
  sp<H'ies 
  

  

  PHRICTUS 
  AUROMACULATUS 
  Distant 
  

  

  Pi-VTK 
  7. 
  Kk.ukks 
  C. 
  L'4: 
  F\j>.tf. 
  S. 
  Fu.ukks 
  1, 
  IL' 
  ; 
  Plate 
  0; 
  Pl.\te 
  10 
  

  

  Phrk-tu.s 
  uuromaruhitu.s 
  I)isrANr, 
  Aim. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vt»l. 
  Hi. 
  ser. 
  7. 
  pp. 
  072-673, 
  

   l".m.'). 
  

  

  'riieie 
  may 
  Ije 
  .some 
  doubt 
  regiirdiiij^ 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  

   because 
  Di.staiit 
  makes 
  no 
  definite 
  statenuMit 
  as 
  to 
  whethef 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  ceplialic 
  pi'ocess 
  is 
  trifurcate 
  or 
  flattened. 
  He 
  <loes 
  mention 
  tlie 
  

   carinate 
  aiileiior 
  marojiii 
  and 
  states 
  tliat 
  the 
  process 
  is 
  sliorter 
  than 
  in 
  

   previously 
  (h'.scfibed 
  species. 
  In 
  the 
  specimens 
  studied 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  

   the 
  pfocess 
  veiy 
  short 
  liut 
  also 
  the 
  apt'X 
  is 
  flattened 
  and 
  tiansverse. 
  

   The 
  cohjr 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  is 
  golden 
  and 
  not 
  bi'ight 
  yt'ih)w 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  

   the 
  description 
  matches 
  the 
  specimens. 
  Length 
  oxer 
  all, 
  male 
  .■*.."' 
  mm., 
  

   female 
  oG 
  mm.; 
  elytra. 
  male2G 
  nun., 
  female 
  i'!) 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male 
  bearing 
  the 
  data: 
  "Tiimiiifasa, 
  Bolivia. 
  Dtc. 
  Mill 
  ford 
  Biol. 
  

   Expl.. 
  I'.t'-M 
  I'-ii'-J 
  (W. 
  M. 
  Mann)"; 
  female, 
  "Ixiamas. 
  Bolivia. 
  .Miilfoid 
  

   Biol. 
  Expl., 
  lU-2\ 
  -I 
  ( 
  M. 
  K. 
  I>)pez)." 
  

  

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  locality 
  : 
  Pxili 
  via. 
  

  

  I'MKK 
  TIS 
  OCKI.I.ATrS 
  Siiinont 
  

   I'l.ATi-: 
  7, 
  Ki<ii 
  iiKs 
  I», 
  21 
  ; 
  Pi_\tk 
  S. 
  FniUiiK 
  W 
  

   I'hrittuK 
  urrlluluH 
  SK.NoKi'rr, 
  null. 
  Soc. 
  Km. 
  i'niiice, 
  vol. 
  :',, 
  ,ser. 
  .3. 
  p. 
  v, 
  1S.'">5. 
  

  

  As 
  yet 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  known 
  .species 
  with 
  large 
  hyaline 
  areas 
  williin 
  

   the 
  dark 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  w 
  ings. 
  The 
  (•( 
  plialic 
  process 
  is 
  htnger 
  than 
  

   the 
  pronotum. 
  The 
  caudal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  dee[)ly 
  not<he<l 
  

  

  