118 PHARSALIA ALROMACULATA. 



is partly glabrous , but as it are all old specimens I 

 have little doubt as for the exactness of my statement, 

 that they ought to be entirely covered with pubescence. 



The head is grey with a yellowish band at the cheeks 

 and two flavous stripes at the vertex along the median im- 

 pressed line , the front shows a longitudinal raised line ; 

 the antennae are black , the two first joints and the basal 

 portion of the three next following joints clothed with a 

 short grey tomentum. 



The prothorax is strongly constricted anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly , the lateral spines are strong and slightly curved 

 backward , the disk is provided with two irregular trans- 

 verse ridges , the undermost forming a pointed tubercle in 

 the middle; covered with a greyish pile and ornated above 

 with four longitudinal yellowish bands , of which the two 

 lateral ones are more or less interrupted by the spines. 



The scutellum is broadly rounded at the apex , flavous. 



The elytra are gradually and strongly narrowed towards 

 the top , the shoulders are prominent , sharp, and provided 

 with a few large granules, at the base there is on each 

 side a large and pointed gibbosity , the basal portion is 

 covered with large but sparse punctures, and at the apical 

 part four raised lines may be observed, only the innermost 

 being distinct ; all over clothed with a velvety brownish 

 black pubescence , mixed at the basal part with numerous 

 small yellowish spots , the remainder is ornated with three 

 (on each elytron) large white spots , the first a very large 

 one before the middle , touching the outermargin , the se- 

 cond below the middle of a somewhat angular or zigzag 

 shape, and the third a longitudinal spot between the fore- 

 going and the apex , moreover there is a row of small spots 

 along the suture. 



The undersurface is covered with a mixture of a grey 

 and ochraceous pile , the legs are ochraceous. 



The female only differs by the shorter antennae and less 

 narrowed elytra. 



A comparison Avith any one of the hitherto described 



Notes from tUe Leyden !Museu.ra , Vol. IX. 



