MARKINGS OF THE GKAPIIIPTERI. 45 



larger on the thorax, and a still larger on the middle of the 

 elytra, all three joining each other. These marks are sur- 

 rounded by a narrow Land of pale golden yellow, then by a 

 broad band of buff, and lastly by a second narrow band of 

 yellow. 



Then there is Grcq^hiptcrus Wesiwoodii, yellow, with a large 

 butterfly-shaped black patch on the elytra; Grcqjliipterus corcli- 

 (jcra, having a similar patch, but looking Like a heart suspended 

 by a string. Qraphiiotcrus Scncgalcnsis is striped with narrow 

 bands of yellow and buff-brown; and Graphipterus exdamationis 

 is black, with a grey mark on each elytra, shaped just like a note 

 of exclamation. 



The generic name Graphipterus, or " written- wing," is given 

 to the insects in consequence of the manner in which their 

 elytra are decorated with marks defined as clearly as if they 

 were drawn or written with a pen. 



