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Descriptions of Neiv Species of Pliytupliagons Ciileo])tt'ra ; h// 

 Joseph S. Baly, F.L.S., &c. 



Mnstdsfi-f/Kis jjidicoUis, inihi. 



Sulielongatus, postice vix attenuatus, depressiis, pallide fulvus, 

 anteniiis capitis et thoracis maculis, scutello pleuris pedibusque 

 nigris, femorilius anticis cpiatuor subtus, posticisque fere totis, 

 fulvis ; elytris fiavis, fascia basali ad margineni abbreviate, 

 altera prope medium Integra, linea pone medium, apicecpie nigris. 

 Long. 5 J lin. 



Hab. (Joluml)ia. 



Head irregularly but not very closely punctured, the extreme 

 vertex, a frontal vitta, the inner orbits of the eyes, a spot at 

 the base of each antenna, a transverse -stripe across the clypeus, 

 together with the base of tlie labrum, black ; apices of jaws 

 nigro-piceous, antennte (witli the exception of the extreme base 

 t)f the first joint) entirely black. Thorax rather more than 

 twice as broad as long at the base ; basal margin sinuate on 

 either side ; apical border transversely truncate ; sides straight, 

 (juickly converging from Ijase to ai)ex, anterior and jjosterior angles 

 distinctly produced, acute ; upper surface finely and irregularly 

 but not closely punctured, on each side, near the hinder angle, is 

 a large shallow fovea, just in front of this, near the outer 

 margin, are several irregular faintly impressed excavations ; a 

 transverse spot on the centre of the disk, its anterior margin 

 deeply emarginate, together with an irregular longitudinal patch 

 on either side near the lateral border, black ; this ])atch is con- 

 nected at its upper extremity by a shorter one with the lateral 

 margin of the thorax, which is itself broadly edged, more 

 especially on its under surface, with black. Scutellum broader 

 than long, trigonate, its surface distinctly })unctured. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, scarcely narrowed towards their apex, 

 surface depressed, rather closely punctured, pale flavous, a basal 

 fascia which is gradually dilated from the suture to the outer 

 margin, and extends across the humeral callus but is abruptly 

 arrested on the outer side of the latter, black, a common trans- 

 verse band which extends directly across the middle of the disk, 

 together with the apical sixth of the elytra also black ; between 

 the medial fascia and the apical patch, the suture and outer 

 margin are both narrowly edged with black. 



