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two ventral segments being a little longer and the anterior tibiie not 
toothed internally. In fiict, they may be looked u])on as forming 
the end of a series, of which ^-1. elegam forms the type, and where 
intermediate forms are wanting, or at least not represented thus far 
within our faunal limits. All are robust, liroadly oval and very 
convex. The vestiture consists of scales intermixed with a fine, 
semi-procumbent pubescence. 
They are distinguished as follows: 
Eyes protiiberant, narrowly separated above. Plate v, fisr. 7«. 
Anterior and middle tibise toothed intenially, densely clothed with variegrated 
scales olegaiiN. 
Tibiffi not toothed internally, upper surface predominantly pubescent, scales 
arranged in spots loiicoMf ictiiM. 
Eyes feebly convex, widely separated above, surface thinly clothed with whitish 
scales. 
Larger, second joint of funicle longer than the third ; denuded elytral fascia 
more or less distinct Ilaiiiiltoii i. 
Smaller, second joint of funicle scarcely longer than the third ; elytral fascia 
obsolete ItiiNi II iik. 
1. A. elegant Lee. Plate 5, figs. 6, tia, 6h. — Broadly oval, dark browm, 
den.sely clothed with small scales, variegated in silvery white, gray, bull' and 
brown on the upper surface and grayish white intermixed with brown on the 
under sni face of the body and legs. Beak ferrugineous and somew'hat shining, 
punctured and pubescent at base; median elevated line feeble; substriate. An- 
tenniB slender, second joint of funicle longer than the third ; joints 3-7 oblong, 
equal. Eyes large, transversely protuberant and rather narrowly sejiarated 
above. Frontal fovea deep, elongate. Head w'ith large, shallow' punctures, 
ti ansversely rugulose and clothed with large, elongate scales. Prothorax .strongly 
and rather suddenly narrowed in front and constricted at the apex; rounded 
on the sides. A broad transverse groove anteriorly ; surface densely imnctured 
and squamous. Scales browm, a narrow dorsal line and a transvei'se one joining 
the former about the middle, of silvery white scales. A large buff colored spot 
each side of the median line in front. Elytra 7-ather suddenly wider at base than 
the prothorax and somewhat ])rotuberant each side of the scntel ; sides rounded, 
almost imperceptibly wider behind the middle, strongly declivous behind. Striae 
fine; punctures concealed by the scales. The pattern formed by the scales is 
complex; the ground color is a silvery gray to grayish brown. Scutel and a 
spot each side of the suture behind it white; base, sides, two approximate, ob- 
lique lines before the middle enclosing a silvery white line and continued along 
the sutural interspace to a jiosterior transverse fascia, brown. The space between 
the latter and the anterior oblique band is yellowish brown. A humeral spot 
and another each side of scutellum seal-browm. Each ventral segment with a 
row of lonsjf, blackish hairs. Thigh armed with a large triangular tooth. Tibije 
l>isinuate, armed with a triangular tooth aliout tvvo-fifths from the ba.se; poste- 
rior tibise of 9 mutic. Long. 2.5 mm. ; .10 inch. 
Jlab. — Florida. Coll, of Dr. Horn and Mr. E. A. Schwarz. This 
is the most prettily colored Anthonoinid in onr fauna. 
