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fourth, then arcuately narrowed to the tips, which are conjointly, 

 broadly rounded; disk moderately convex, feebly uneven on basal 

 third; surface finely, sparsely punctate on basal two-thirds, densely 

 clothed with minute, scalelike, orange-yellow pubescence (except on 

 the dark spot, where the pubescence is black, and the spots obsoletely 

 bordered by whitish scalelike pubescence), with a few inconspicuous, 

 erect, black hairs intermixed, and each elytron ornamented with 

 black markings as follows : A small spot at humerus, a small, irregu- 

 lar, transverse spot at basal third, a rather broad, irregular, trans- 

 verse fascia behind the middle, the fascia extending from lateral 

 margin to near the sutural margin, and strongly constricted at middle 

 and a narrow spot along apical margin. 



Abdomen beneath finely, densely punctate, densely clothed with 

 short, recumbent, whitish pubescence; last segment broadly rounded 

 and feebly, angularly emarginate at apex. Prosternum arcuately 

 declivous in front and behind, and narrow between the coxal cavities. 

 Legs rather long; femora robust, subcylindrical, slightly flattened; 

 tibiae slender, slightly enlarged toward the apices. 



Length, 13.5 mm.; width, 5.2 mm. 



Type locality. — Labeled " Valley Riviere Froide, Haiti." 



ry;?^.— U.S.N.M. No. 43759. A unique female collected April 20, 

 1925, by W. A. Hoffmann. 



Remarks. — Described from the type. 



This species is allied to venustus Chevrolat, but it differs from that 

 species in having the pronotum ornamented with three black spots, 

 each elytron with three black spots and a transverse, constricted, 

 black fascia behind the middle, and the upper surface of the body 

 densely clothed with minute, scalelike pubescence. 



