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Black, with the elytra light testaceous, shining, 



and liaving a fuscous lateral band ; hind margin 



of elytra, pygidial part, and abdomen scaly ; hind 



femora and tibiae simple, the latter a little swollen 



inwardly near the base, and slightly compressed 



towards the apex, where it is distinctly mucronate i 



inwardly senilis. 



Black, with the elytra dark brown, opaque; pygi- 

 dium clothed with orange scales, but having two 

 lateral darker spaces ; hind femora robust, equally 

 sub-dentate on each side of the knee ; hind tibiae 

 as in the preceding species, but the apical mucro is 

 shorter aiialis. 



Black, elytra with three conspicuous bands of 

 yellow scales, scutellum, pygidial part, and 

 abdomen scaly ; hind legs as in the preceding 

 species (pi. xlii., fig. 33) fraternus. 



h'. Clypeus with the two median teeth hardly 



projecting, 

 c'. Elytra non-costate. 



Black, with the elytra dark chocolate-brown ; pro- 

 thorax and pectus villose ; scutellum, apical margin 

 of elytra, pygidial part, and abdomen with 

 flavescent scales ; hind femora simple, hind tibioe 

 concave inwardly, not mucronate at apex (pi. xlii., 

 tig. 30) copicola. 



c'. Elytra costate. 



Black, elytra tri-costate, intervals with fulvous 

 scales, pygidium scaly and with two fuscous 

 patches ; femora and tibiffi simple, the latter 

 angular at apex hisitjnatits. 



Black, shining, with the legs reddish; elytra with 

 the intervals filled with bands of squamose hairs 

 turning to scales in the posterior margin ; scutellum, 

 pygidium, and abdomen scaly, hind legs simple, 

 posterior tibiae compressed on each side, gradually 

 ampliate, not mucronate at apex iniinttus. 



.\=. Clypeus sharply tri-dentate at tip. 



B-. Joints of hind tarsi triangular and compressed. 

 (i^. Hind tibiae without apical spur. 



Body without scales ; hind femora with two spines set 

 longitudinally ; hind tibiae greatly dilated towards the 

 apex, bi-dentate on each side, and strongly mucronate, 

 joints of hind tibioe strongly dilated outwardly 

 (pi. xlii., fig. 20) detritus. 



