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  PJWCEEDTXGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIOXAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  TlfiS. 
  :! 
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  4. 
  

  

  -Kl.YTKOX 
  AND 
  WING 
  OF 
  AI.EBRA 
  TEIMA- 
  

   rULATA. 
  

  

  ALEBRA 
  TRIMACULATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Color 
  light 
  yellow, 
  three 
  dark 
  s])ots 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   elytra. 
  Length, 
  3.LM 
  mm. 
  

  

  Face 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  unicolorons, 
  length 
  about 
  once 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  the 
  

   breadth; 
  clypeus 
  very 
  long, 
  much 
  exceeding 
  the 
  geuae. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  

   and 
  pronotum 
  yellow, 
  immaculate; 
  compound 
  eyes 
  dusky, 
  with 
  a 
  green- 
  

   ish 
  tinge; 
  vertex 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  produced; 
  head 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  i)ro- 
  

   notuiii. 
  The 
  dark 
  si)ots 
  on 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  are 
  arrang(Ml 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  The 
  first 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  of 
  theclavus 
  and 
  about 
  

   one 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   clavus 
  from 
  its 
  base, 
  the 
  sec- 
  

   ond 
  is 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   just 
  before 
  the 
  inner 
  cross- 
  

   nervure 
  and 
  opposite 
  the 
  tip 
  

   of 
  the 
  clavus, 
  and 
  the 
  third, 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  dark 
  as 
  the 
  others, 
  lies 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  outer 
  cross- 
  

   nervure 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  elytron. 
  Abdomen 
  and 
  all 
  beneath 
  ])ale 
  

   yellow. 
  Last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  the 
  posterior 
  angles 
  broadly 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  scoop^shaped 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  margin. 
  (See 
  Figs. 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  for 
  wing 
  venation.) 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith 
  in 
  April 
  at 
  

   Chapada, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  ALEBRA 
  ROBUSTA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Beneath 
  yellow 
  ; 
  vertex 
  and 
  pronotum 
  yellow 
  marked 
  with 
  red 
  : 
  elytra 
  

   deep 
  smoky 
  marked 
  with 
  red. 
  Length, 
  3.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Face 
  very 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  almost 
  white; 
  length 
  about 
  five-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  

   breadth; 
  clypeus 
  moderate 
  in 
  length 
  but 
  considerably 
  exceeding 
  the 
  

   genae. 
  Vertex 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  three 
  red 
  spots, 
  one 
  at 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  and 
  two 
  back 
  of 
  this 
  between 
  the 
  

   compound 
  eyes, 
  but 
  little 
  i)roduced, 
  narrow; 
  compound 
  

   eyes 
  large. 
  Pronotum 
  hardly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  marked 
  with 
  four 
  red 
  lines, 
  one 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  compound 
  eyes, 
  and 
  two 
  parallel 
  fig.s.-vertex 
  

   ones 
  upon 
  the 
  dorsum. 
  Scutellum 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  indis- 
  

   tinctly 
  marked 
  with 
  whitish 
  lines 
  and 
  s])ots, 
  blackish 
  

   near 
  the 
  apex, 
  but 
  the 
  extreme 
  ajiex 
  light 
  yellow. 
  Elytra 
  deep 
  smoky, 
  

   with 
  a 
  broken 
  yellowish 
  oblitpie 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  clavus, 
  a 
  similar 
  reddish 
  

   line 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  sector, 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  outer 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  crnss- 
  

   nervure 
  varied 
  with 
  blotches 
  of 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  aiul 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

   Abdomen 
  blood-brown 
  above, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  beneath. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  

   pale 
  yellow, 
  (For 
  form 
  of 
  vertex 
  and 
  pronotum 
  and 
  for 
  venation 
  of 
  

   elytron, 
  see 
  Figs 
  5 
  and 
  (!.) 
  

  

  AND 
  PROXOTrM 
  OK 
  

   ALEBR.V 
  ROBUSTA. 
  

  

  