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but flatter and not so robust, narrower at the base of the 

 homielytra, tlu> eyes much larger and more prominoiit, and 

 the liead smaller. 



Eyes almost contiguous at their postero-interior angles, their 

 interior lateral margins very curved, widely divergijig towards 

 the vortex, where the h(>ad is from six to eight times as wide 

 as between the j)Ostero-iiiterior ocular angles. Head and pro- 

 votum smooth, shining, ])alo rut'o-tesfaccous ; ei/es reddish 

 chestnut, irregularly bordered with black. Antennre: two 

 basal segments madder-brown, two apical segments rufo- 

 testaceous. 



Pi'onotinn anteriorly somewhat rugose, with superficial 

 sphajrical dej)ressions, posteriorly very finely punctate; 

 humeral angles acute, accentuated ; lateral margins sinuate, 

 curved ])osteriorly below the humeral angles, forming almost 

 a continuous line witii tiie lateral margins of tiie scutellum; 

 lateral margins distinctly and widely flattened anteriorly, the 

 whole posterior half of the pronotum being elevated; poste- 

 rior margin not sinuate. 



Scutellutn black, not pubescent ; lateral margins very 

 sinuate. 



Connexivum (1) rufo-testaceous, each segment narrowly 

 black at the apex, or (2) entirely green. 



IlemieJytra dark brick-red (or rich orange-yellow), with 

 short, sparse, golden-yellow pubescence ; a large irregular 

 black blotch at the base of the corium and erabolium ex- 

 tending transversely and non-acuminately from the apex of 

 the clavus to the golden-yellow lateral submargin of the 

 embolium ; membrane dark red-brown, apical half black, this 

 tint encroaching more or less upon the basal half. 



Pedes rufo-testaceous or greenish ; cox« blackish, posterior 

 tarsal fringe blackish and golden pink ; all the spines and 

 spurs on the legs black ; unguiculi black ; spur on inter- 

 mediate tibia? blunt, subcylindrical, two or three rudimentary 

 spurs nearer the base ; tibiaj and tarsi with four or five long, 

 black, stiff hairs inferiorly ; posterior femora with a double 

 row of short spines inferiorly ; tibise with short spines supe- 

 riorly and inferiorly. 



Ventral surface : frons emerald-green, anteriorly suffused 

 with rose ; apical segment of rostrum black, remainder rufo- 

 testaceous, marginally darker. 



Abdomen ruto-testaceous, densely furnished with blackish- 

 green hairs ; sternal hair-tufts golden pink. 

 Long., (^ 11-11*4 millim., lat. 3*5-4 millim. 

 Long., $12 millim., lat. 4 millim. 



