DESCRIPTION. 



Body oblong, obscure brownish : head with a 

 deeply impressed line above the eyes, spinous; 

 six larger spines before the impressed line, placed 

 two and two, and two or four larger ones behind 

 the line : stemmata sanguineous : eyes inserted in 

 the lateral middle of the head : antennse inserted 

 near the tip of the clypeus, with dilated annula- 

 tions of dull rufous and pale : rostellum slightly 

 arcuated, pale: thorax with numerous, short, 

 obtuse spines on the anterior lobe, and dense 

 granulations on the posterior lobe; posterior 

 angles hardly prominent: feet somewhat pale, 

 sub-annulate, granulated ; anterior pair raptatory : 

 thighs unequal, anterior pair robust, villous, 

 dusky, armed with an erect, prominent, obtuse 

 spine, near the tip above, and a double series of 

 ten equal, equidistant, acute spines, beneath; 

 anterior tibiae with a double series of six similar 

 spines on the inner side : tergum rufous on the 

 disk, margin varied with black, and pale : hem- 

 elytra on the membranaceous tip, with a longi- 

 tudinal reddish-brown line. 



PLATE XXXT. 



