Dorothy J. Jackson 



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Elytra. Rather broad and sliort with striae of large punctures and 

 with conspicuous raised setae, black and white, pointing backwards and 

 arranged in hnes. These setae are as long or shghtly longer than the 

 breadth of an interval between two striae. Scales much variegated in 

 colour in the same specimen, occurring in darker and lighter groups. 



-PL 



\.~^,'^ C 



Fig. 4. Prosternum of Sitona regensteinensis Herbst with coxae removed, x 60. P = pre- 

 sternum. PZi = presternal line. C = coxal cavity. 



Pr- 



Fig. 



Prosternum of Sitona hispidula F. with coxae removed. 

 PL = prestemal line. 



X 60. P = presternum. 



Coloration varies in different specimens from dark purphsh brown 

 mottled with ochreous to pale greyish brown variegated with silvery 

 grey. There is frequently a light patch upon the shoulders. 



Undersurface. Clothed with ochreous or whitish scales and flat setae. 

 The scales on the meso and metasternites and on the abdomen are 

 plumate in structure. 



