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bright red scales, interspersed witii numerous spots of flavous 

 scales; under surface and legs with scales varying from whitish to 

 reddish. Without stout seta3 interspersed amongst the scales. 



Rostrum about the length of prothorax, moderately curved, feebly 

 diminishing in width from base to insertion of antennae and then 

 strongly diminishing to apex, especially in female; in front of 

 antennae sViining and with distinct punctures; behind antennae 

 sculpture more or less concealed, but apparently with three or five 

 carinae. First joint of funicle stouter and slightly longer than second. 

 Prothorax about one third wider than long; with dense, round, 

 partially concealed punctures. Elytra cordate ; with series of large 

 and more or less concealed punctures; interstices uniform, without 

 carinae, with dense but normally entirely concealed punctures. 

 Second segment of a6do/uen distinctly shorter than third and fourth 

 combined, these and the metasternal episterna with punctures not 

 confined to one regular row on each. Femora strongly dentate. 

 Length 3-4 mill. 



Hah. : Victoria : Birchip(J. C. Goudie). 



On the prothorax the flavous spots are usually nine in number, 

 of which four on each side are frequently partially conjoined so as 

 to form two feeble stripes; the other spot is on the middle of the 

 base. The scutellum is usually clothed with flavous scales. On the 

 elytra the flavous spots are very numerous, and are frequently so 

 disposed as to form feeble and very irregular fasciae, of which there 

 are never less than six. On an occasional specimen there is a flavous 

 spot between the eyes. 



A speckled species, in size and general appearance resembling 

 cestuans, but prothoracic markings diflerent, elytra without acute 

 costae and rostrum somewhat shorter. It is also something like 

 small specimens of acuticosta, but dilTers in the tibiae, that species 

 (although not mentioned in the original description) has each tibia 

 terminated by an acute tooth or spine, that commences at the 

 summit of its apex and runs almost parallel with the apex itself, 

 which is oblique. In the present species the tooth or spur is normal. 



In the table previously given by me, it should be placed with 

 concinna and inoequalis ; from the former it difters in being larger 

 and the derm paler; from the latter in being smaller and less con- 

 spicuously variegated, narrower and rostrum shorter, with the 

 antennae inserted nearer the apex. 



On two specimens the reddish scales are much less bright, the 

 flavous scales are almost white, and the two colours are about 

 equally distributed on the elytra instead of the red predominating. 

 On the prothorax, however, nine pale spots may be counted. 



