464 Mr. John Scott on certain 



aequales; nonus ultimo fusiformi, nigro, plus duplo 

 longior. Oculi a fronte visi fere semiglobosi ; a latere, 

 obtusi, reniformes. Thorax : pronotum rufum, angus- 

 tum, lateribus paulo latius ; mesonotum rufum, sat con- 

 vexum ; dorsulum irregulare, sexangulum, latius quam 

 longius ; spatium centrale rufum, convexum ; regio scu- 

 tellaris rufa. Elytra fusca, coriacea, nitida, subtiliter et 

 irregulariter transverse rugulosa, elongata, apice anguste 

 rotundata, triple lougiora quam latiora, nervis rufis ; 

 costa a basi fere ad stigma nonnihil reflexa ; stigma 

 elongatum, paulo ante radii apicem terminatum, rufum, 

 lineolis subtilibus, irregularibus, albis, numerosis, trans- 

 verse intersectum ; radius ab ortu fere ad apicem costam 

 versus subincurvatus, prope apicem vero subito conversus, 

 nervo marginali paulo ante stigmatis apicem incurrit ; 

 petiolus cubitalis, bracliium, furcae inferioris ramus in- 

 terior, longitudine fere inter se sequalia ; furca superior, 

 elongata, angusta, elytri decumas quatuor longitudine 

 paulo exsuperans ; ramus superior apice ipso terminatus, 

 inferior marginem dorsalem versus maximam partem in- 

 curvatus, dein subito retortus, in eadem fere linea cum 

 radii apice nervo marginali conjungitur ; furcae inferioris 

 ramus interior vix nisi rectus ; ramus exterior basi con- 

 vexus, inde usque sub ipsum apicem concavus ; distantia 

 inter ramorum ■ bifurcorum apices (secundum nervum 

 marginalem emensa), duplo major quam furese superioris 

 idem intervallum. Pedes rufi, femoribus posticis flave- 

 scentibus. Abdomen superne rufum, segmentorum 

 quatuor vel quinque marginibus nigrantibus ; inferne 

 flavidum. 



Inepta sunt quae vir cl. Walker in descriptione sua de 

 elytrorum striis vel maculis albis segre cernendis effu- 

 tivit, quippe quas non nisi luminis in superficiem sale- 

 brosam et hue illuc manu commotam incidentis ope 

 efficiantur. 



Head deflected, forming a considerable angle with the 

 body. Crown red ; length down the centre greater than 

 half the breadth between the eyes, with a diagonal chan- 

 nel on each side running towards the centre ; lateral 

 margin in front of each eye produced into a short, angu- 

 lar tooth ; posterior margin concave, rounded externally ; 

 anterior margin angulate. Face lobes red, long, stout, 

 somewhat bladder-shaped, their inner margins not 

 diverging until reaching the apex, thickly clothed with 

 longish, fine, silky white hairs. Antenme red, filiform, 



