﻿AMEBIC 
  AX 
  TYPHLOCYBINAE— 
  GILLETTE. 
  

  

  711 
  

  

  exceediug 
  the 
  geuae 
  by 
  about 
  one-third 
  its 
  length, 
  color 
  sordid 
  white. 
  

   Vertex 
  rather 
  strongly 
  produced, 
  whitish 
  in 
  color, 
  very 
  narrow 
  between 
  

   the 
  eyes, 
  which 
  are 
  large. 
  Pronotum 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  liead, 
  

   strongly 
  produced 
  anteriorly, 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  half. 
  Scutellum 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  paler 
  across 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   The 
  extreme 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  wliite, 
  jnst 
  beyond 
  the 
  white 
  base 
  

   of 
  either 
  elytron 
  is 
  an 
  oblicjue 
  golden 
  -yellow 
  stripe 
  margined 
  with 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  black 
  line 
  posteriorly; 
  

   following 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  

   milky 
  wliite 
  line 
  which 
  rises 
  on 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  elytron 
  and 
  forms 
  two 
  

   arcs, 
  the 
  first 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin 
  and 
  returning 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  clavus, 
  the 
  second 
  arising 
  at 
  tip 
  

   of 
  the 
  clavus, 
  extending 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  and 
  returning 
  to 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  elytron. 
  Within 
  the 
  large 
  arc 
  is 
  

   a 
  large 
  golden 
  area, 
  palest 
  at 
  the 
  center; 
  another 
  snuiller 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  color 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  angle 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  arcs. 
  

   Abdomen 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  yellow. 
  Feet 
  entirely 
  yellow. 
  (See 
  Fig. 
  1.) 
  

   Described 
  from 
  one 
  male 
  and 
  one 
  female, 
  the 
  former 
  taken 
  in 
  Jaiui- 
  

   ary 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  April 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith 
  at 
  Chapada, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1.— 
  Elytron 
  op 
  alebra 
  ctjRviLiXEA. 
  

  

  ALEBRA 
  BIFASCIATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Color 
  yellow, 
  with 
  two 
  broad 
  transverse 
  bands 
  of 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

   Length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Face 
  light 
  yellow, 
  nnicolorous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  long 
  and 
  considerably 
  exceed- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  genae, 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  face 
  exceeding 
  the 
  breadth 
  by 
  about 
  

   one-third 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  Head 
  small, 
  distinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum; 
  vertex 
  yellow, 
  without 
  markings, 
  strongly 
  produced, 
  eyes 
  large 
  

  

  and 
  black. 
  Pronotum 
  entirely 
  

   yellow 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  vertex. 
  Scutellum 
  entirely 
  

   black, 
  except 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex, 
  

   which, 
  in 
  three 
  examples, 
  is 
  whit- 
  

   ish. 
  Elytra 
  yellowish, 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad 
  l)lack 
  or 
  smoky 
  band 
  at 
  

   their 
  base 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  cross-veins; 
  extreme 
  tips 
  hyaline 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  so. 
  (See 
  Fig. 
  2.) 
  Abdomen 
  entirely 
  yelloAv, 
  or 
  with 
  the 
  termi- 
  

   nal 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  tergum 
  black. 
  Last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  fenuile 
  

   moderately 
  produced 
  and 
  entire. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  x>ale 
  yellow. 
  

  

  In 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  the 
  dark 
  basal 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  does 
  not 
  (juite 
  

   reach 
  the 
  costal 
  margins. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  four 
  males 
  and 
  one 
  female 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith 
  

   at 
  Chapada, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  -Elytron 
  of 
  alebra 
  bifasciata. 
  

  

  