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Elytra: Dull creamy yellow to nearly orange with black markings 

 sharply delimited. Each elytron with dark markings as follows: three 

 medium-sized spots, one centered before base of second stria, one 

 centered before apex of second mterval, one centered behind middle of 

 sixth stria (these spots may be expanded and largely confluent) ; with 

 six small spots, one on suture before apex of sutural stria, one on 

 humerus, two behind humerus (one diagonally above, one diagonally 

 behind), one at apex of fourth interval, one at apex of seventh mterval. 

 With eight rows of punctures, usually fifth, sixth, and seventh rows 

 confused, sometimes only sixth, punctures as large, a little sparser 

 than usual, much finer apically; inner and outer rows distinct at apex 

 and usually clearly meeting. 



Prosternum: Anterior margin in female produced ventrally into a 

 somewhat pointed lobe; male not seen. 



Length: 6.0 to 6.7 mm. 



Discussion. — The female holotype from Fort Valley, Georgia, col- 

 lected by Scott and Fiske is USNM type number 69092. The single 

 female paratype is also in the U.S. National Museum; it was taken at 

 Calvert, Texas, on "IV. 12.07" by C. K. Jones. These two specimens 

 represent the type series. 



Distribution. — Only five individuals have been seen, they are 

 from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, and New Jersey. 



Cryptocephalus fulguratus Leconte 



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Cryptocephalus fulguratus Leconte, 1880, p. 203. 



Pronotum: DuU orange to red, margins usually yellow or at least 

 lighter, not sharply delimited; punctation usually dual, smaller 

 punctures very sparse to nearly absent, larger punctures miimte. 



Elytra: Light creamy yellow to orange, striae and dark markings 

 red to (usually) dark red. Dark markings as follows: on base of second 

 interval curving to apex of sutural stria; on apex of second stria; at 

 base, middle, and apex of fourth stria; behind base, behind middle, 

 and on apex of sLxth stria; on humerus; behind base at middle of 

 seventh stria; above markings reduced to (rarely) nearly absent or 

 (more often) transversely joined and forming three undulating bands. 

 With seven rows of punctures and a short series behmd humerus, sixth 

 stria interrupted and joining fifth, latter sometimes also interrupted 

 at junction with sixth; punctures as large, dense as usual, finer apically, 

 intervals rather to quite convex; inner and outer rows distinct at apex 

 and clearly meeting. 



Prosternum: Anterior margin in male somewhat produced into a 

 broad lobe, anterior margin in female feebly produced. 



Length: 3.8 to 5.0 mm. 



