NOTES ON THE DIVISION VELIIARIA [rhYNCHOTA.I 309 



2 a. Terminal genital segment not mucronate ... 3 



3. Pronotam fuscous ; legs moderately long . 2 elegans, Uhler. 

 3rt. Pronotum rufo-castaneous, legs shorter 3 msularis, Champ. 



4. Posterior femora unarmed (??..... 5 



4 a.' Posterior femora dentate beneath 3' 2 ■ . . . 6 



5. Mesosternum with a strong, curved diagonal carina i festcE,K\vk. 



5 a. Mesosternum simple . . . . .5 plumbea, Uhler. 



6. Posterior femora more or less incrassate (at least in 



the 3) 7 



Qa. Posterior femora scarcely incrassate .... 20 



7. Intermediate femora constricted medianly ; posterior 



femora ( ? ) hollowed at the base, and dentate in their 

 outer half; posterior tibiae obsoletely denticulate 



6 spinifjera, Champ. 

 la. Intermediate femora not constricted .... 8 



8. Posterior femora greatly incrassate and dentate, posterior 



tibiae conspicuously denticulate (<?) • . . . 9 

 8a. Posterior femora moderately incrassate and dentate, 

 posterior tibife nearly straight and minutely denti- 

 culate (c?) 16 



9. Posterior legs subelongate ; tibiae strongly sinuous (^). 10 

 9a. Posterior tibi£e straight ; armed with two long teeth {$). 14 



10. Anterior tibiae not dilated (<?) 11 



10a. Anterior tibiae greatly dilated and excavate beneath ((?). 



7 collaris (Burm.) 



11. Posterior femora strongly incrassate and multideutate, 



posterior tibiae armed with slightly longer teeth beyond 



the middle (c?) 8 varipes, Champ. 



11a. Posterior femora enormously inflated and multidentate . 12 



12. Posterior trochanters with a long spine . 9 whitei (Bredd.) 

 12a. Posterior trochanters obsoletely (or not) dentate . . 13 



13. Ultimate segment of intermediate tarsi much longer 



than the second .... 10 ravana, sp. nov. 



13a. Ultimate segment slightly longer than the second 



11 crassipes, Champ. 



14. Third segment of antennae and the anterior tibiae dilated 



(especially 3) 12 taylurieJla , Kirk. 



14a. Third segment of antennae and anterior tibife not dilated 15 



15. Length more than 5 mill., a castaneous median longi- 



tudinal line (at least) on pronotum. Seventh segment 

 of connexivum produced apically in acute spines 



13 reitteri, Reuter. 

 15a. Length less than 4^ mill., pronotum unicolorous (ex- 

 cept for transverse apical stripe). Connexivum not 

 spinose ...... 14 femoralis, Champ. 



16. Posterior femora moderately incrassate ( 3" ), slender ( ? ) ; 



entirely dark (except base of median tooth) . . 17 



16a. Posterior femora moderately incrassate (3 2)', flavous 



at the base and beneath ...... 18 



17. Second segment of intermediate tarsi equal to third 



15 distincta, Champ. 

 17a. Second segment one-fifth shorter than third . 16 peggia, Kirk. 



