NEOBROTICA AND RELATED GENERA — BLAKE 299 



middle of elytra, basal and terminal joints pale, intervening ones 

 darker. Prothorax with slightly cm-ved sides and a transverse sulcus 

 most marked at each end in the form of a rounded depression; surface 

 alutaceous, yellow brown. Scutellum reddish brown. Elytra wider 

 behind the middle with traces of costae and with a short intrahumeral 

 sulcus, not shiny, alutaceous, densely and shallowly punctate, pale 

 yellow brown, a small dark spot on the humerus, another small spot 

 before and one after the middle on each elytron. Body beneath pale, 

 except the dark shiny piceous breast, femora pale, front tibiae of the 

 male enlarged and first tarsal joint of the anterior legs in the male also 

 enlarged, the front tibiae with a dark outer streak, the other tibiae 

 and tarsi dark. Claws appendiculate, a spine at the end of the middle 

 and hind tibiae. Length 7 mm.; width 3.5 mm. 



Type, male, Bowditch collection, MCZ 30671, bearing locality label 

 "Tex." 



Remarks : This differs from the other large spotted species in having 

 a dark occiput and large eyes, with the interocular space less than half 

 the width of the head. It is possible that it differs from the others too 

 in the greater enlargement of the front tibiae and first tarsal joint in 

 the male, but since only one male is known of the other species this 

 cannot be certain. 



Neobrotica pentaspilota, new species 



FiGUBE 37 



About 7.5 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, not very shiny, the 

 elytra dull and alutaceous, densely punctate, with faint traces of 

 costae, pale yellow, the intermediate joints of the antennae brownish, 

 scutellum piceous; four tiny brown spots on each elytron, two before 

 and two after the middle; tibiae and tarsi streaked with dark on the 

 outside, breast deeper orange yellow. 



Head with interocular space about half width of head, a median 

 depression over frontal tubercles, occiput finely punctate, a narrow 

 carina down lower front, upper part of head a deeper yellow in color, 

 mouthparts edged with brown. Antennae with pale basal and apical 

 joints, the intermediate ones dark brown. Prothorax wider than long 

 with slightly rounded sides and a transverse sulcus, very finely punc- 

 tate, shiny, pale yellow. Scutellum piceous. Elytra with numerous 

 faint costae, irregularly and densely punctate, alutaceous, not shiny, 

 pale yellow with fom- tiny brown spots on each elytron, two before 

 and two after the middle. Body beneath pale with the breast deeper 

 orange brown. Femora pale, the front tibiae on outside and the 

 middle and hind tibiae more or less dark, all tibiae with spines. 

 Length 7.5 mm.; width 3.6 mm. 



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