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across the anterior angles than the head across the eyes ; the last 

 3rd fulvous, with 2 spots and the callus black ; lateral margins 

 with a large white spot beyond the middle. Corium whitish, on 

 each elytron with 2 black spots, forming with 2 on the cJavus a 

 central, transverse, straight row ; posteriorly broad, black. 

 Jjetjs ; 2nd and 3rd pairs yellow. 

 Head finely punctured. Antennae stout, with very fine pubescence ; 

 1st and 2nd joints orange, 3rd and 4th black, apex of the 4th some- 

 times piceous. Eyes brown. Ocelli black. Bostrum yellow, 1st 

 joint piceous. 



Thorax. — Pronotum with fine, short, yellowish hairs ; abruptly 

 and broadly widened immediately behind the anterior margin ; 

 lateral margins ochreous, with a brown line on the edge ; beyond the 

 middle, where they are widened, a large white spot ; disk in front 

 black, finely punctured, hindwardly fulvous, with large, distinct, 

 punctures and a central white line ; 2 large spots on the posterior 

 margin and the callus at each hinder angle, generally also including 

 their lateral margin, black. Scutellum black, finely punctured, apex 

 sometimes slightly ochreous. Elytra ; Clavus ochreous or whitish, with 

 4 more or less perfect rows of strong brown punctures and a posterior 

 long brown spot ; Cormni whitish, with 2 rows of punctures next the 

 claval suture and a row of similar punctures on each side of the 

 strong, raised, brown 1st nerve; the punctures on the basal half 

 brown, on the posterior half black ; the rest of the disk without 

 punctures, except a few fine ones posteriorly ; in the middle of each 

 elytron 2 black spots, the 1st oval, on the anterior margin, the 2nd 

 angulated, beyond the 1st nerve, the 4, together with the 2 spots 

 on the clavus, forming a straight transverse row ; posterior margin 

 with a broad black band, inwardly indented ; between it and the 

 anterior black spots 2 large, conspicuous white spots, the inner 

 one angulated ; apex yellow ; Memhrane whitish, base with a 

 black spot in the middle, otherwise, including the nerves, clear ; the 

 nerves beyond the base black. Sternum strongly punctured in the 

 centre and on tlie margins of the segments, ochreous at the sides ; 

 a large yellow spot at the base of each coxa ; Prosternum on the 

 anterior and posterior margins, Metasternmn on the posterior margin, 

 fulvous. Leys ; coxce fulvous or yellow ; thiyhs fulvous or yellow, 

 1st pair with a large black or piceous spot on each side, at times 

 forming a broad ring, the 3rd pair rarely with a dusky spot ; tihice 

 and tarsi yellow. 



