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Thorax small, ovally rounded, moderately refiexed and pellucid in front, flavescent, 

 more or less dusky at the sides, rather finely and remotely punctured with the 

 interstices smooth and very shining, hasal line moderate, basal margin nearly 

 straight, angles rectangular. 



Scutellum moderate, triangular, castaneous. 



Elytra narrow, scarcely broader, but twice longer than the thorax, sides almost 

 parallel, faintly punctulate, interstices faintly alutaceous and very shining, 

 castaneous, with a narrow fascia on the shoulders, a broad fascia near the 

 middle, the sides and apes yellow, sides strongly margined, extremities broad 

 and rounded. 



Legs robust, bright yellow. 



Under parts flavescent. 



Differs from A. mollinus in its narrow parallel form, very shining surface, and want 

 of pubescence. 



Habitat, North America. Found by Mr. H. Sehwarz in Florida on Pinus palustris. 

 It seems possible this and the following may prove to be the sexes of one 

 species. 



Arthrolips mollinus. 



{Saciu'iu) moUinum, Sehwarz, Proe. Amer. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 3.56, 1878. 



L. c. x^e lin. = l mm.-^Ovalis, convexus, nitidus, leviter et confertim punctatus, 

 pilis aureis sat dense vestitus, castaneus, elytris flavo-bifasciatis ; j'^-onoto rufe- 

 scenti, magno, antice ovaliter rotundato, fortiter reflexo et pellucido. minute 

 punctato, iuterstitiis glabris, nitidis, margine basali leviter sinuata, angulis rectis ; 

 elytris pronoto vix latioribus, plus quam sesqui longiorihus, ante media latissimis, 

 leviter punctatis, castaneis, fasciis duabus flavis, altera humerali, altera sinuata, 

 pone media ornatis, lateribus flavis, leviter rotundatis, et leviter marginatis, apici- 

 bus latis ; pygidio flavo ; pedibus atque antennis robustis, Isete flavis. 



Body oval, convex, shining, very finely and closely punctured, rather thickly 



clothed with golden hair, castaneous, with two transverse yellow fasciae on 



the elytra. 

 Head yellow ; eyes moderate, flavescent ; anteunse robust, bright yellow. 

 Thorax large, rufescent, ovally rounded, strongly reflexed and pellucid in front, 



minutely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal margin 



faintly sinuated, with the angles right angles. 

 Scutellum rather large, rounded. 

 Elytra scarcely broader, more than one-half longer than the thorax, widest before 



the middle, lightly punctured, castaneous, with two transverse yellow fasciie, 



one on the shoulder, and the other, sinuated, behind the middle, sides yellow, 



faintly rounded and slightly margined, apex obtuse. 

 Abdomen yellow, scarcely exposed. 

 Legs robust, bright yellow. 

 Under parts flavescent, metasternum dusky. 

 Differs from others in its oval form, fine sculpture, and transverse yellow fasciie on 



the elytra. 

 Habitat, North America. Found by Mr. H. Sehwarz in Florida on Pinus palustris. 



The specimen from which the foregoing description was made was kindly 

 presented to me by its captor. But the humeral fascia seems liable to vary much 

 in size, and in some individuals is reduced to a mere spot. 



