PHYLID.E. 353 



Thorax. — Pronotiim sbiuiug, with a trausverse channel in the 

 middle indented in the centre ; hinder angles not reflexed ; disk 

 convex, finely punctnred, widened at the hinder angles. Sciitellum 

 deflected from the base to the transverse channel ; disk convex. 

 Elytra diajDhanous ; Claviis p.ile pitchy, finely wrinkled transversely, 

 suture pale ; Corhim ; anterior margin piceous next the base, extreme 

 base very narrowly red ; disk finely wrinkled transversely, pale 

 pitchy, sometimes with a reddish shade ; Cuneus brownish-yellow ; 

 base broadly pale ; Membrane blackish, witli a long, pale, trian- 

 gular patch extending from below the underside of the inner cell to 

 the anterior margin, and a dark patch extending from below the 

 underside of the outer cell to the apex ; inner marginal nerve 

 piceous ; cell-nerves brown ; apex frequently pale or reddish- white. 

 Le(/s yellow, clothed with very short, fine, pale-yellow hairs ; tihice 

 with a few long, erect, fine hairs ; tarsi and cJmr.'f ypllow ; Srd joint 

 of the former sometimes a little darker. 



Length, 1^ — 2 lines. 



? Abdomen oval. Black, shining, sparingly clothed with very short, 

 depressed, yellowish hairs. Pronotiim much narrower than the 

 abdomen ; callosities large. Elyfra without chivus, cuneus, or 

 7nembrane. 



Head red ; Fane ; central lobe frequently black. Antenna' ; 1st 

 joint brown or blackish ; 2nd and 3rd yelloAv ; base of tlie 2ud nar- 

 rowly, apex broadly, brown or blackish ; 4th brownisli. Eyrs brown. 

 Rostrum yellow ; 1st joint brown or blackish ; tip narrowly black. 



Tliorax. — Pronotum much narrower than the abdomen ; callosities 

 large ; sides rounded to the anterior margin ; disk depressed at the 

 hinder angles, which are somewhat reflexed ; posterior margin con- 

 cave. Elytra undeveloped ; very convex ; shorter than the abdomen, 

 rounded at the apex ; without clavus, cuneus, or membrane. Sternum 

 black. Legs; coxce and fulcra whitish-yellow; //i?^///^ yellow, some- 

 times brownish at the base ; tibice yellow, with fine, short, some- 

 what spinose, yellowish hairs ; tarsi yellow ; 3rd joint somewhat 

 brownish. 



Abdomen black underneath, clothed with very short, whitish- 

 yellow hairs. 



Length, l-J- line. 



The ? appears to be more abundant than the ^ ; both sexes have 



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