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sparsely clothed with inconspicuous recumbent pubescence, and with 

 a rather broad longitudinal groove extending from the epistoma to 

 occiput; eyes small, not very coarsely granulated, deeply emargi- 

 nate, and separated from each other on the top by nearly two time& 

 the width of the emargination of the eyes in front, the lower lobes 

 subrounded, slightly more acute beneath, and the upper lobes small 

 and narrow. Antennae slightly longer than the body, luteous or 

 reddish-yellow, and the joints more or less annulate with brown at 

 apex; first joint slender, subcylindrical, extending slightly beyond 

 middle of pronotum, and subequal in length to the third joint, 

 which is considerably longer than the fourth. 



Pronotum two-thirds wider than long, and the base and apex 

 about equal in width; sides strongly constricted near anterior and 

 posterior angles, and strongly arcuately rounded at middle; surface 

 slightly convex, with a narrow transverse apical and basal depres- 

 sion, coarsely, densely punctate, the intervals granulose, and rather 

 densely clothed with recumbent pubescence, which is whitish and 

 yellowish toward the sides and brownish on the median parts. 

 Scutellum triangular, and rather narrowly rounded behind. 



Elytra nearly three-fifths longer than wide, and a fifth wider 

 than the pronotum; humeri feebly developed; sides nearly parallel 

 to apical third, then arcuately attenuate to the tips, which are feebly 

 obliquely truncate internally, with the exterior angle obtuse, but not 

 produced; surface regularly convex, without costae, but with a 

 broad oblique depression behind the humeri, densely, coarsely punc- 

 tate, the intervals granulose, and rather densely clothed with recum- 

 bent yellowish pubescence, with a small white spot behind the 

 scutellum, more or less whitish in the oblique depression, with a 

 distinct transverse sinuate fascia at middle, which is transverse 

 laterally and bent obliquely forward to the suture, and each elytron 

 ornamented with brown markings as follows: A rather large spot 

 behind the scutellum, a large more or less interrupted triangular 

 spot along lateral margin at middle, a narrow longitudinal crescent- 

 shaped spot on disk behind the middle, and connected posteriorly 

 to a narrow transverse fascia extending to the lateral margin, and 

 with a row of small round spots along the suture. 



Beneath rather finely, densel}^ punctate, and sparsely clothed with 

 moderately long cinereous pubescence; last abdominal segment 

 broadly rounded at apex and not produced beyond the elytra; fe- 

 mora strongly clavate toward apex; tibiae more or less annulated, 

 and the tarsi and tarsal claws dark brown ; prosternal process about 

 one-half as wide as the coxal cavities. 



Length, 2-75 mm- ; width, 1.2 mm. 



Type locality. — Cayamas, Cuba. 



Type and paratypes.—Cd^t. No. 28399, U.S.N.M. 



