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[t86.] 251, Lepti'ra Proteu.'; A'/>^>'.— I .cngth of body 3)4^ — 5}^- 

 lines. Taken abundantly in Lat. 54° and C^". 



Body narrow, blacl., punctured, somewhat glossy, rather hairy, especi- 

 dVy underneath, with decumbent hairs, those on the elytra have somewhat 

 of a golden lustre, the rest are silvery. Nose more grossly punctureil 

 than the rest of the head : vertex convex ; eyes subovate, pale with a 

 slight golden lustre ; antennae filiform, longer than the prothorax, 

 obscurely rufous, with the four first joints black, fifth joint longer than 

 the fourth : prothorax campanulate, anteriorly constricted, posterior angles 

 a little diverging, thinly punctured ; channelled, the channel running 

 l)etween two dorsal gibbosities: scutellum triangular: elytra rather widest 

 at the base, and punctured there more grossly next the suture ; diverging 

 and truncated at the apex : tibiae piceous or rufo-plceous ; four posterior 

 thighs rufous at the base. 



Variety B. In this variety only the base of the six last joints of the 

 antennae is rufous, all the thighs are rufous at the 

 base, and the tibiae of a clearer red, but they are 

 dusky at the apex ; tarsi rufous at the base. I>ength 

 of the body 3^4^ lines. 



C. i>lytra v/ith a stripe at the base, tips and lateral margin 

 rufous ; antennae entirely black : legs as in \-ariety B. 

 Length of the body 4^4^ lines. 



1). Elytra with a longitudinal rufous stripe dilated at the 

 base and apex ; bead of the lateral margin also rufou.s ; 

 antennae and legs nearly as in B, but the whole of 

 the tarsi is obscurely rufous, Length of the body 

 3 — 4 lines. 



K. P^Iytra rufous with the suture and a stripe near the 

 margin abbreviated at both ends, dusky : antennae as 

 in A ; legs as in B. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines. 



F. Elytra rufous, with a dusky suture ; antennae as in A ; 



legs as in D. 



G. Like F, but elytra luteous ; antennae all black. Length 



of the body 4 lines. 

 H. Like F and G, but legs and antennae black. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines. 



Z. Prokus seems to vary ad infinitum in the colour of the elytra, 

 antennae, and legs, but as all the varieties agree in every respect except 



