FAMILY v.— QJDIPODIN/E. 



broad, sub-hexagonal ; the front portion prolonged; the mar- 

 gins continuous with the sides of the frontal costa. Frontal 

 costa narrow above, gradually expanding below, and sul- 

 cate throughout. Pronotum short, the length not exceed 

 ing the depth, strongly contracted a little in advance of the 

 middle; the disk somewhat rugose, that of the posterior 

 lobe nearly fiat ; the median carina slightly elevated on the 

 front lobes, twice distinctly notched; the middle portion 

 shortest and rounded ; the whole of the disk, especially the 

 posterior lobe, more or less covered with small tubercles; 

 lateral carinas obsolete on the anterior lobes, and obtuse 

 and indistinct on the posterior lobe; the posterior angle a 

 little larger than a right-angle. Elytra and wings extend 

 beyond the apex of the abdomen. Posterior femora rather 

 short, not reaching the tip of the abdomen in the female; 

 broad at base, with a sharp, elevated upper carina, which 

 suddenly decreases about one-third of the length from the 

 apex; the lower edge generalhdiairy. Antennae longer than 

 the head and pronotum, filiform. 



Color. — Fuscous and pale yellowish-brown, or ash, about 

 equalh' distributed in stripes and spots, the ash or yellow- 

 ish-brown portion more or less mottled with fuscous dots 



and points. The dark on the 

 head as follows : two stripes, run- 

 ning back from the eyes one from 

 the upper, the other from the 

 lower corner; the lower portion 

 of the cheeks and the lower mar- 

 gin of the face; and some dots 

 on the margin of the frontal 

 costa. On the pronotum a broad 

 pale stripe runs along each lat- 



Fig. 99 - Mestobregma chicta, 

 male. Original. 



eral carina, converging in front 



of the middle; the margins of the 

 posterior portions are pale, jointed interiorly by a black 

 stripe; the central space pale; the sides marked with alter- 



