DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 221 



transversely impressed at base, which is more deeply sinuate 

 than usual ; 

 * Hind angles of head nearly square, geuse rather long ; % with 

 5th ventral impressed, truncate, and eniarginate ; 

 Ferruginous, prothorax obtusely angulated on the sides, elytra with 3 

 bands and apex black, all connected at suture and margin, antenna? 

 very stout. 53. ckassicoknis n. sp. 



Legs entirely yellow, prothorax tolerably strongly sinuate ou the sides ; 

 Abdomen usually yellow, sometimes banded with black, rarely almost 

 entirely b\auk, fascicenlris Lee. 54. crassipes. 



Thighs and tips of tibiae dark, prothorax rather rounded than sinuate on 

 the sides, abdomen black. 55. tibialis. 



** Hind angles short, tumid but obtuse, neck less constricted; 

 prothorax less sinuate on the sides, more finely and less 

 densely punctured, pubescence white, long, and fine ; 

 Black, elytra with a basal spot, two bands connected near the suture, and 

 a large spot near the tip, yellow ; legs and abdomen ferruginous, tarsi 

 dusky. 56. Beurensii n. sp. 



*** Hind angles of head very short, rounded ; % as above ; 

 Blackish-blue, shining, prothorax feebly rounded on the sides, elytra 

 slightly truncate at tip, with four pale yellow spots on each ; base of 

 thighs pale. 57. octonotata. 



e. Antennae annulated, 11th joint not appendiculate, elytra not 

 elevated at the base, elongate, parallel, truncate at tip ; pro- 

 thorax bell-shaped, constricted strongly at tip, and less strongly 

 at base ; hind angles of head obtuse, genae moderate, front with 

 a deep transverse impression; 

 Black, with fine sparse yellowish pubescence; head and prothorax finely, 

 very densely punctured, elytra twice as wide as prothorax, punctured, 

 more densely and a little more finely towards the tip ; antennae long and 

 slender ( 9 ), annulate with pale, legs ferruginous or fuscous. 



58. PEDALIS. 

 C. Prothorax constricted before and behind (except in a) ; hind angles 

 not prolonged ; last joint of palpi dilated, triangular, truncate, 

 sometimes obliquely, sometimes transversely; hind angles of 

 head obtuse and rounded, never square ; elytra scarcely nar- 

 rowed behind ; 

 a. Elytra protuberant at base; tip subtruncate, suture with a small 

 spine; prothorax scarcely constricted, more deeply bisin- 

 uate at base ; 

 * Head prolonged behind the eyes ; 

 Sparsely punctured, black, shining, elytra with a yellow vitta from base 

 to behind the middle, usually sinuate, sometimes wanting. 



50. VITTATA. 



** Neck very near to the eyes ; 

 Bk.ck, prothorax pubescent with erect hair, densely punctured, with a 

 smooth dorsal vitta. 60. pubera. 



