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humeros latissirj ilia subtus quasi vitl 



ratis, hit, ribua levitei marginatis, apicibus valde rotun albidis; 



abdomine sat elongato, segmentis tribus i po it , heteflavo; pedihusahpie antennis 

 brevibus, laete Ma\ i~. 



I elongate-oblon depressed, not shinin i teous, clothed witb short 



golden hair. 

 Head prominent, very large and broad, closeh tubi ilutaceous; eyeB 



moderate, nol promineni ; antenna short, brighi yellow. 



• I i- rather bi m the bead, widi id tin middle, very 



closely tuberculate or alutaceous, sides slightly rounded, basal margin strai| 



with the angles nearly right angles. 



llwm modi rate, triangular. 



•long, ratlur longer but not broader than the head and thorax, widest 



near the shoulders, translucid, showing the wings liki below, very 



cloe lintly margined, extremities much rounded, with the 



edges white. 

 Mai, m, a bright yellow, elongate, with three segments exposed. 

 Legs short, bright yellow. 

 I i -parts rufo-castaneous, vi gments bright yellow. 



Habitat, Polynesia ; Sandwich Islands. Found by Mr. Blackburn under the bark 

 of a dead tree near Honolulu. 



Gkn. XVI.— NEPHANES. 



Nephanes pubescens. 



V. pubescens, Matthews, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 141, 1884; Biol. Cent.-Amer. 



Col. ii. pt. i. p. 145, 1888. 



L. c. -fVr^c lin. = 0*50- 068 mm. — Oblongus, sat depressus, haud nitidus, 

 castanetis, pilis griseis dense vestitus : <->ipitr magno, antice sat producto, confertim 

 tuberculato; oculis modicis, prominentibus ; ;</•<</. o, capite 



hand longiori, vix latiori, pone medium latissimo, tuberculis minutis, irregulariter 

 dispoBitis, interstitiisque retii at nitidis, ornato, lateribus leviter rotundatis, 



margine basali fere recta, angulis obtusis; elytris brevibus, i [ue pronoto 



nee longioribus neque latiorihu.-, ad apices latissimis, ordinibua transversis leviter 



confertim asperatis, lateribue ctiB, apicibus latis, fere rectis; abdomine 



longius exserto, obtuso, dilution : pedibus atque antennis lougis, laete flavis. 



Body oblong, rather depressed, not shining, castaneous, thickly covered with grey 



hair. 

 // ad largi a id broad, produced in front, closely and minutely tuberculate; eyes 



mod I prominent ; antenna' long, bright yellow. 



Thorax rather small, transverse, uoi and scarcely broader than thi 



widest behind the middle, ornamented with minute tubercles irregularly pkv 



interstices reticulated and rather Bhining, sides slightly rounded, basal margin 



nearly straight, with the angles obtuse. 

 tellum large, triangular, i I 

 Elytra .-hort, not longer or broader than tin head and thorax, widi 



finely and i I in transverse row.-, sides nearly straight, extremities 



broad and nearly straight. 

 .|/»/" bi d, obtuse and p 



long, br iw. 



Und iU8, rather d< eply r< ticuli 



Differs from all other species of th rm and dense pubescence. 



Habitat, Central America. Found neai Capetillo in Guatemala by Mr. Champion. 



