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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  notch 
  sharply 
  elevated 
  

   and 
  acute 
  caudad. 
  Length 
  over 
  all 
  approximately 
  41 
  mm.; 
  elytra 
  

   32 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  badly 
  damaged 
  female 
  from 
  "Colom." 
  [Colombia?], 
  Baker 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality 
  : 
  Venezuela. 
  

  

  PHRICTUS 
  SORDIDUS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  7, 
  Figukes 
  3, 
  20 
  ; 
  Plate 
  8, 
  Figures 
  1, 
  13 
  ; 
  Plate 
  9 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  ocellatus 
  in 
  general 
  pattern 
  of 
  elytra 
  but 
  lacking 
  ocellate 
  

   spots 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  wings. 
  Length, 
  male 
  40 
  mm., 
  female 
  46 
  mm. 
  ; 
  elytra, 
  

   male 
  30 
  mm., 
  female 
  37 
  mm. 
  

  

  Dorsum 
  of 
  cephalic 
  process, 
  vertex, 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  median 
  stripe 
  of 
  

   pronotum 
  light 
  gray. 
  Lateral 
  and 
  ventral 
  margins 
  of 
  process 
  dull 
  

   cinnamon. 
  Lateral 
  areas 
  of 
  pronotum 
  chocolate-brown. 
  Elytra 
  brown 
  

   on 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  irregularly 
  maculate 
  with 
  dull 
  yellow; 
  broad 
  

   transverse 
  fascia 
  present 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  reticulate 
  area, 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  

   in 
  center 
  by 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  brown 
  dash. 
  Apical 
  third 
  light 
  yellow, 
  

   maculate 
  with 
  large, 
  irregular 
  brown 
  spots. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  dull 
  faded 
  

   orange 
  in 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  apical 
  third 
  fumate. 
  

  

  Cephalic 
  process 
  shorter 
  than 
  pronotum 
  ; 
  trif 
  urcate 
  apex 
  with 
  very 
  

   obtuse 
  teeth, 
  especially 
  laterally; 
  median 
  tooth 
  somewhat 
  deflexed 
  

   caudad. 
  Posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  broadly 
  notched; 
  median 
  

   carina 
  ending 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  notch. 
  First 
  valvulae 
  in 
  female 
  not 
  trif 
  urcate 
  

   apically. 
  

  

  Male 
  holotype, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  57224, 
  Ecuador 
  (Goodfellow), 
  Goding 
  

   collection. 
  Female 
  allotype, 
  Quevedo, 
  Ecuador 
  (F. 
  Campos 
  R.), 
  and 
  

   one 
  headless 
  female, 
  Ecuador, 
  Goding 
  collection. 
  

  

  These 
  specimens 
  appear 
  very 
  faded, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  unknown 
  whether 
  the 
  

   color 
  is 
  natural 
  or 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  immersion 
  in 
  preserving 
  fluid. 
  With 
  

   regard 
  to 
  color 
  they 
  resemble 
  the 
  species 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Met- 
  

   calf 
  as 
  diadema; 
  however, 
  the 
  cephalic 
  process 
  is 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  therefore 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  PHRICTUS 
  MINUTACANTHIS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  7, 
  Figures 
  2, 
  16 
  ; 
  Plate 
  8, 
  Figure 
  2 
  ; 
  Plate 
  9 
  

  

  Resembles 
  ocellatus 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  marking 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  lack- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  ocellate 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  and 
  having 
  darker 
  brown 
  

   elytra. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  brightly 
  colored 
  than 
  sordidus. 
  

   Length, 
  female 
  37 
  mm., 
  elytra 
  30 
  mm. 
  

  

  Entire 
  venter, 
  clypeus 
  and 
  face, 
  lateral 
  area 
  of 
  cephalic 
  process, 
  and 
  

   dorsum 
  of 
  prothorax 
  except 
  median 
  stripe 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Dorsum 
  of 
  

   head, 
  cephalic 
  process, 
  and 
  median 
  stripe 
  of 
  pronotum 
  dark 
  gray 
  with 
  

   apex 
  of 
  cephalic 
  process 
  rose 
  to 
  red. 
  Elytra 
  brown, 
  fairly 
  evenly 
  

  

  