Séance du 27 Décembre i'Jti J97 



oblique aiul NN.nod; the median faseia is Mry faiiilly 

 indicated; the apical third Avilh searreìy ])orceptibU' 

 liaces ol sjiols. Wiii^s })crl'eelly Inaline and eoloHes«;. 

 Hind IVnidia outwardly >\ hilish-ochraceous, Avith a 

 ;^vey transverse spot on the upper outer area beloic 

 the apex; tlie inside and the lower inner area sulphur- 

 Ncllow, i)arlly brownish. Hiiid tibiae snlphnr-yellow, 

 \\it!i a \ery conspicuous shining- l)la.^k spot at the 

 inside of the base. 



Leno til of body 9 (type) -.^G mm., d* (paralype) 

 iS mm.; ))ronolum ? ."> mm., cf 4i mm.; elytra ? 

 r>.- mm., o* 19.") nun.; hind i'emnr 9 i'?-") mm., cf 

 10 mm. 



Descrii)ed alter o 9 9 aiul .") cf cT from ^Yadi 

 Kelt, ÏS May kj'o and '^cTcf from Jericho 7 - i3. 

 November 1992. 



The outstanding features of this insect separating 

 it from the typical race of -S. cocru'lcms ore the more 

 const ricled i)ronotum, with strongly impressed sulci 

 of the prozona and the coloration, especially that of 

 elytra, wings and hind legs. As, however, the dif- 

 ferences from the true cocrulans are of not an abso- 

 lute character, it would be hardly justifiable to re- 

 trard the insects as specifically distinct, and it is 

 much more probable that we have before us a case 

 of local variation. In some of ])aralypes of S.c. iììcn- 

 dori the markings oil the elytra are better developed 

 than in the described ty])e, but they are always very 

 indistinct, except the basal farscia which is sharply 

 defined behind. 



The insect is named after ATr. Oscar Theodor, an 

 indefatigable collector to whoni many interesting 



