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cc. Smaller. Pronotum with posterior lobe less than half as long 

 again as the anterior, obtuse-angled. Head, ])ronotum. alxlo- 

 men below, and apex of hind femora with Itase of tibia? 

 marked with red. puelchus Pict. et Sauss. 



D. elect ns Serv. Patagonia (Pict. et Sauss.). 



D. (iaruzlanuH Pict. et Sauss. Bahia Blanca, Entre Rios 

 (Pict. et Sauss.) 



1). (nr/e)iti)(ns Pict. et Sauss. Buenos Aires (Pict. et 

 Sauss.): Carcarana (O. Thomas). 

 I>ij)(»ifhi(s ScJtnlzl n. sj). 



A very beautiful insect belonging to the same grouj) with 

 the i^receding but considerably smaller and more varied with 

 light and dark markings. The frontal costa, median line on 

 fastigium and occiput continuous with the line on jjronotum. 

 The cheeks, back and below the eyes, an oblique line on the 

 sides of pronotum commencing at about the middle and 

 directed upwards and backwards, also lower edge of each 

 side brig?it greenish yellow. There is also a similarly 

 colored line on both the meso- and metapleurae, other por- 

 tions of the head, pronotum, and meso- and metathorax black. 

 Tibiae black in some specimens ; the lower part of face, edges 

 of occiput and ends of hind femora, with back edge of pro- 

 notum bright red. Antennae black, basally the joints 

 annulated with light yellowish. Hind femora with a basal 

 spot outside and inside, and two very heavy black bands on 

 outer, upper, and inner faces ; sometimes continued more or 

 less strongly on the lower edge also ; knees also black both 

 internally and externally ; posterior tibiae w^ith the tips and 

 under side of base black ; anterior and middle femora, along 

 with tibiae, more or less black. Abdomen yellow with rather 

 heavily marked basal bands of black; above varied with 

 black and yellow streaks. 



Length: of body, c? 25-26 mm. V 30 mm: of lu'onotum, -f' 

 4.25 mm, 9 6 mm; of tegmina, cf' 20 mm, '? 2!^ www. hind 

 femora, (^"12 mm, ? 16 mm. 



This beautiful species was contained in the collections of 

 F. Schulz and H. Stempelmann. 



