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(Bruner). It belongs to the group of Phlepsids with the head 

 as broad as the pronotum, but may be readily separated from 

 all the other species of the group by its stouter form and flaring 

 elytra, as well as by the genitalia. 



PHLEPSIUS MAJESTUS N. SP. 

 (Plate xxvi, Fig. 6.) 



Form of spatulatus, nearly, but larger, with much longer 

 elytra; color distinctly reddish brown with copper reflections; 

 length, 9 to 10 mm.; width on costa, 3 to 3.50 mm. 



Head much narrower than the pronotum; vertex, flat, twice wider than 

 long, one-fourth longer on middle than next to eye; front much narrower 

 than in spatulatus, very nearly twice longer than wide, basal suture obso- 

 lete; clypeus broadly spatulate, twice wider at apex than on middle of 

 lorje; pronotum fully twice longer than vertex, anterior margin strongly 

 produced, lateral margin as long as the vertex, carinate, strongly oblique; 

 elytra long and narrow, much exceeding the abdomen, veins on clavus con- 

 verging, united by a cross nervure, apical veinlets curved, central apical 

 cell one-half longer than breadth at apex; a number of extra veinlets from 

 the first anteapical cell to the costal margin, reticulations very strong, 

 appearing almost as nervures; closely mimicing the appearance of Gypona 

 octo-lineata in this respect. 



Color: Cuprescent; vertex light yellow, with two approximate dots 

 near its tip; a broad black band between anterior half of eyes, straight- 

 margined in front, excavated either side of the middle, behind, and often 

 interrupted medially with brown, and a spoton either side of base near eye 

 brown; face pale yellowish, sutures and about nine abreviated arcs fuscous; 

 pronotum fulvous with lateral margins, a Y-shaped mark behind either eye 

 and numerous minute maculations on the disk, creamy white; scutellum 

 fulvous yellow, disk with two brown spots, margin with alternate dark and 

 light markings; elytra yellowish white, nervures and coarser irrorations, 

 fulvous brown; tergum and venter yellowish, dark on the disk; legs yellow; 

 anterior coxse with large brown spots; femora and hind tibioe with a series 

 of minute, black dots. 



Genitalia: Ultimate ventral segment of the female broader than in 

 spatulatus, lateral margins nearly straight, angles rounding, posterior mar- 

 gins roundingly emarginate either side of two large, divergent, acute 

 points, which extend beyond the lateral angles, and are separated by a 

 broad deep notch extending over half way to the base; male valve round- 

 ingly produced apex broad, nearly equaling the ultimate segment in length; 

 plates rather narrow, elongate, three times the length of the ultimate seg- 

 ment. Described from five females and four males. 



Two females of this species were included by Mr. V^an 

 Duzee in his description of spatulatus remarking, however, that 

 they were larger and fulvous brown in color and might easily 

 be mistaken for Gyponas. A larger series of both species 

 show them to be decidedly distinct. Spatulatus is much 



