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TIfdS. I.. CASFV, 



as liciiil, iiiirrowcil inndonitcly lii'liiinl! sidoM ulinhdy iii'i'iinti'; iiiitrriur anijItiH 

 nuiiiili'd. |>'i'<li't'i(ir riu'lil ; liihM'iil striao very -ilniDi;, HciiIi'IImiii Iriiinijiilar. Klytra 

 (iltlimi'ly tniiii'ali'cl ln'liiiiil, and li-aviiiii iii-arly tlic wlicdc cd' llic tll'lli vi-iilral riog- 

 liKMil I'XpiirX'd ill tlio liialo; Mliijlilly |iini;i>r, and iikhc cvi'iily riiiiiKlcd ludiiiid in 

 till' li'rn.iit' ulalimtis nnd lUnmst imfu-rcoptihly anil irrcijiilarly Mtricilato," nidos huI)- 



f)ar: Hid. F''il1ii alidi'iiiiniil ?<i'irriii'iil twi s liTtitr as llii' fmirlli. And'iinac % 



tifavly as Icni; as tin- Ijody, tii-'t Juinl JMrirc, si-cimd smaliiT. Il d hmimIIi'mI ; last 

 i«ovt!ii ji)ints iM|iiiiI and cylindrical : Ici-niinal iinicoss of hint ji II dcvidnjM'd. 



AntoniiM' 9 I'ailici- sliciitor. llirco iiiilcr jciinls a little 'viilcr , ... i ptilipfccnl, 

 as in also the caic with the dorsal and vi-ntral .■'lirfacen of the ilidoirnii 

 lii'iiulli I. a nun. 



I'latc- VI. \'\r. !t, S. 



Tin' iiliDVf (I('scri|iti(iii was taken i'min t\w orijiinal ty|)i'-s)n>('iint'n in llic 

 caliinet (d' Dr. fioContc. Widely ilistribiittMl. 



'I'lio |)nnci|ial (litltTciiet' lictwcen fisttici ns wtul in'friis i\rt' tlicfolliiwinfj;: 



In /(/'A.v.s till' transverse <:nKive of the heatl is rnnmled ^^'ind, and tlie 

 curve (if eniarjiinatidn nl' tlie (.'jiistunia is very flat in tlie middle, Imt 

 enrves tn the I'roiit more rajiidly at the side.s, while in tistin-rus the tran.s- 

 verse j,'n>ovo is a(Mitely angled liehind, with the sides nearly straij^lit, and 

 the eniarLrinational curve is evenly roiinilinii' thrnnulmnt. hniailer and 

 much mi"'e t'eehle. Thi^ aiiteridr anjiles nl' the prtithdra.K in iii/iiis are, 

 in udrmal s|)eciniens, evenly rounded, withmit any apjiearance of a trioth, 

 while in iKirmal spucimeiis (if /cstncriis this tonth is very iiminineiit. The 

 inteiruments in nifenswri' thinner and more translucent, as a rule, than in 

 ft'sfiK-i'iis. The scutelliim is acutely trianirular in the former, and rounded 

 liehind in the latter. The elytra of nifnis leave nearly the whole of tlu^ 

 dorsal surface of the la.'^t ventral segment e.v.|iosed, while those of frsfa- 

 aiis cover the entire abdomen with the exceiition of the merest tiji of the 

 last vcntr:il sei:iU4'nt. This last differential character is the mo.st ('onstant 

 of all, and is the one u|i(in which I chieHy rely in separatinu' these veiy 

 cl()S(!ly allied species, 



12. li. |»llll<rtutliiB Lcc. — Fiiriii nicMJcralcly cldimaliMJ, dc|)rcsse<l ; siir('ac<> 

 .shininj;. Piincliin>s id hisid and |>nilhi>rax laruic ami deep, Iml rather sparse; 

 tdytra sti'ate. (^)li>r clark te^-lacomis, elytra pale. Head siil)-(|iiailrale, deeply ex- 

 cavated in t'nnil ><( the antennae; eyes small, V(My sli^'litly in advance of the pos- 

 terior allele.-, and coarsidy uraniilated. I'rothorax wider than head, hroadnr than 

 loll!;, narrowed liidiiiid ; sides almost, straight: anterior an<;les not jironilnent, pos- 

 lori<pr sh.irply defined; lateral ?trine douide, well niarkeil. J'^lytra as hroad as 

 protliorax, nearly twice as long as head and prothorax totjethor, entire, and evenly 

 rounded behind ; sidi^s parallel, nearly strainhl. Ahdoniinal segments suh-eqnal. 

 Antennae "J, aliont ;is long as the hody ; first Joint very robust, and as long its the 

 three following together; second and third joints snii-glohular : fourth longer; 

 liftli to si>venth equal and cyiindri<'al ; eighth smaller ; ninth to eleventh elongated, 

 and ;ilmost eylimlrical ; terminal process of last joint not well devtdoped, 

 Lenffth 1,(1 lutn. 



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