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  Mr. 
  C. 
  J. 
  G-ahan 
  on 
  new 
  Lamiide 
  Coleojitera. 
  

  

  lateralitcr 
  carinatis, 
  singulo 
  in 
  medio 
  prope 
  basin 
  leviter 
  cristato, 
  

   sutura, 
  margine 
  apicali, 
  fasciis 
  maeulisque 
  honnullis, 
  albis 
  vel 
  

   flavis 
  ; 
  corpore 
  subtus 
  utrinque 
  albo 
  vittato, 
  sterao 
  in 
  medio 
  

   griseo- 
  vel 
  brunnco-pubescentc. 
  

   Long. 
  19 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Cuenqa, 
  J 
  ; 
  Nauta, 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  somewhat 
  squamous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   the 
  head 
  with 
  three 
  whitish 
  lines 
  iA 
  front, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   continuous 
  with 
  the 
  median 
  thoracic 
  vitta, 
  and 
  two 
  spots 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  vittaj 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  ; 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  supracoxal 
  vitta 
  is 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  

   one 
  higher 
  up 
  and 
  is 
  continuous 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  stripe 
  

   extending 
  along 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  abdomen. 
  Scutel- 
  

   lum 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  line 
  or 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Elytra 
  

   with 
  a 
  short 
  and 
  feebly 
  raised 
  ridge 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  each 
  

   near 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  ridge 
  surmounted 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  

   granulated 
  sctigerous 
  punctures; 
  with 
  an 
  obtuse 
  carina 
  

   setting 
  out 
  from 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  prominent 
  shoulders, 
  extending 
  

   inwards 
  in 
  an 
  oblique 
  and 
  somewhat 
  curved 
  manner, 
  and 
  

   ending 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  posterior 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  elytron 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  

   more 
  acute 
  carina 
  beginning 
  behind 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  humeral 
  

   prominence 
  and 
  passing 
  backwards 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  apical 
  

   spine, 
  but 
  without 
  reaching 
  the 
  latter; 
  these 
  two 
  carinas 
  

   enclosing 
  a 
  sloping 
  and 
  somewhat 
  hollowcd-out 
  space; 
  with 
  

   a 
  white 
  sutural 
  vitta 
  branching 
  outwards 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  

   giving 
  off 
  a 
  short 
  transverse 
  branch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  with 
  some 
  small 
  whitish 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  disk 
  anteriorly, 
  

   with 
  two 
  spots 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  lon- 
  

   gitudinal 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  sloping 
  space 
  of 
  each 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  above 
  grey, 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  of 
  male 
  dilated 
  

   and 
  fringed 
  with 
  short 
  hairs, 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  scarcely 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsus 
  

   distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  succeeding 
  joints 
  taken 
  

   together. 
  {Sterna 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  short 
  greyish 
  

   pubescence, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  with 
  a 
  longer 
  brownish 
  pubescence 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  longish 
  hairs 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  

   middle 
  eoxas. 
  Only 
  five 
  joints 
  remain 
  to 
  the 
  antennas 
  ; 
  these 
  

   are 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  white 
  pubescent 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   side 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  joint 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  is 
  gradually 
  

   thickened 
  from 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  specimens 
  here 
  placed 
  together 
  differ 
  slightly 
  in 
  

   colour 
  ; 
  the 
  Cuenc_a 
  specimen, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  has 
  nearly 
  

   white 
  stripes 
  and 
  spots; 
  in 
  the 
  Nauta 
  specimen, 
  a 
  female, 
  

   these 
  are 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  

  

  