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tricarinate ; the median carina somewhat acute, and the lateral 

 rather obtuse, sub-parallel, or slightly divergent posteriorly ; the 

 three transverse furrows luidulate, the posterior only cutting the 

 median carina ; the sides marked more or less with impressed 

 lines. Prosternum with an obtuse tubercle. Wings and wing 

 covers perfect in both sexes, or slightly abbreviated in the female. 



Stetiieophyma line ATA. Scudder. 



Dark brown. A narrow, curved, dark line extends from the 

 upper border of the eyes to the lateral carinas of the prouotum, 

 and is the upper limit of a broad, brownish-yellow band extending 

 from the eye to the lateral carinae, whence it continues backward 

 along the carinae ; below this, upon the upper border of the side, 

 extends another broad black band from the eye to the hind edge 

 of the pronotum ; median carina, black. Costal edge of wing 

 covers dark, with a yellow streak beneath extending from the base 

 to the costal border at about two-thirds the distance to the apex ; 

 beneatli this is a band, narrow and black at the base, broadening 

 till it occupies the whole width of the wing covers, becoming 

 brown toward the tip, while the inner border is yellowish brown. 

 Wings dusky, the internal half Avith a yellowish tinge. Legs 

 dark brown ; hind femora black on the outer and inner surfaces, 

 reddish brown above, coral red below, with a white spot near the 

 apex ; tip black. Hind tibiae yellow, with black spines ; the base 

 and tips black, and a dusky annulation below the knee. Length, 

 from one inch to one and one-fourth. 



Mr. Scudder has described two other species, — graciUs and pla- 

 typtera ; but they are thought to be varieties of lineata. 



Synopsis of the CEdipmlinie. 



f Median carina of the pronotuin with a .sin,ij:le notch ... 2. 

 I Median carina of the pronotum with two notches ... 7. 



Mesosternal lobes of the female twice as distant as tlie meta- 



sternal lobes 3. 



Mesosternal lobes of the female not more distant than the 



metasternal lobes 5. 



/ Wings I)riiihtlj' colored ....... Ai'phia. 



I Wings transparent, faintly colored . . . . . . 4. 



/ Pronotum wrinkled ...... Encoptolophus. 



I Head and pronotum smooth or granulated . . . Chortophaga- 

 f Median carina of the pronotum even throughout . Camnuln. 



l Median carina of the prouotum irregular . . . . . 6. 



r Median carina of prouotum nearly obsolete^ on hind lobe, Hippiscus. 

 I Median carina of prouotum high aud arched on hind lobe, Dissosteira. 



