45B Illinois State Lahoratonj of Natiiral Histonj. 



1851. Hophqihora rittata. Walk. List Horn. B. M. 51 1 , T). 

 Hoplophora humiUs. Walk. List Horn. B. M. 



514, 18. 



1869. Flafi/cofi.'^ rittata. Still, Heirr. Fabr. 87, 1. 

 1890. Platycotis rittata. Smith, Cat. lus. N. J. 440. 

 Hah. — Carolina {Fabricius), N. J. (SmitJi). 



Subgenus Lophopelta, St.\l. 



195. P. TUBERCULATA, Fairm. 



184(). Hoplopliom tvherculata. Fairm. Tiev. Memb. 



237, 18, pi. 6, fig. 9. 

 1851. HopJophora tuherciilata. Walk. List Horn. B. M. 



515, 22. 



1869. Hoplopliom tuherciilata. St;ll, Hem. Fabr. ii, 37. 

 Ha h. — Calif. ( Fairmaii'e) . 



196. P. HISTRIONICA, Stal. 



1864. Hophrphora liistriouica. StAl, Hem. Mex. 69, 414. 



1869. Plati/cotis Jiistrionica. Still, Hem. Fabr. ii, 37. 



Hah. — Vera Cruz, Mex. {Stiil), Mex. {Fainnairt). 



Subgenus Microschema, Stal. 



197. P. SPRETA, n. sp. 



Color light yellow, lower edge of prothoi-ax bright red; 

 densely punctured. Head broad, short, densely punctured; 

 eyes prominent, yellow; ocelli nearer to each other than to the 

 eyes, black. Prothorax armed at shoulders with a short blunt 

 horn on each side: base straight, not sinuate, between eyes; 

 median carina very prominent, anterior half black; on each side 

 in front a deep impi'ession containing a prominent tubercle, 

 above and externally two smaller tubercles, the three forming a 

 triangle; on each side of niedian carina two or three smaller 

 carinie parallel with it; ju?t above and behind the shoulders a 

 conspicuous dei)i'ession; lower border rosy red, a pink cloud 

 extending over anterior half ; posterior portion depressed, 

 extremity elevated, at base slightly narrowing for a distance, 

 then rapidly attenuated to apex. Thighs yellow, tibia' and 

 tarsi red; tibiee with a black spot on the upper third. 

 Tegmina opaque, lightly punctui'ed; veins prominent, reddish 

 yellow; a row of three black dots across center of tegmina, 



