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99. MKLANOPLUS CONSPKRSUS, new speciCB. 



(IMiit«< .\\l. Hk. 5.) 



A Ntoiif, iiHMlitiiii si/4Ml or liitlicr U*sh than iiuMliiiin si/(Ml .H|)(M-i(>H, 

 brownish t'liMcoiis above, ti'Ntarcoiis b(Mi(>ath. Mead a litth' proiniiiriit, 

 bitoo t(>Mta('<'<>iis cloiMb'tl with pbiinhrous, broadly stii'MMl above with 

 Ithickisli t'liscoiis, and witli a HiibpictMHis posto<'uhii' band: vertex 

 gently tumid, slightly elevated above the pionotuni, tiie interspace 

 betweiMi tlie eyes considerably broa<Ier than (male) or nearly twice as 

 broad as (temale) the lirst antennal Joint; taNti;;iiim steeply declivcnf, 

 distinctly snicate thn>'i|;hont : frontal costa perenirent, subetpial, almost 

 (female) or <piite (male) as broad as the intcrspa<*e between the v\vit>j 

 distiu<'tly snicate at and below the oi-elbis, biseiiately pun<'tate above; 

 eyes moderat<', sli^jhtly piominent in the nnde, hardly so lonj-- as the 

 iid'raocular portion of the ^enae; antennae red, becoming more or less 

 infnscated apically. about fonr fltths (male) or about three fourths 

 (female) as 1<mi^ as the hind femora, rronotiim stout, distinctly enlar* 

 ffin^j from in front backward, especially in the female, feebly tin«^ed with 

 ferrujjinous. the uppci- half of the lat^-ral lobes of the prozona ^ilisteii- 

 injr brownish fusj-ous, the disk veiy broadly convex, passiny^ into the 

 subvertical lateral lobt's by a well roun<led shouhb'r, hardly forming; 

 lateral carinae except fe«'bly <ui the ineta/ona; median carina peri-ur- 

 rent, more distinct on the meta/ona than on the pro/ona, alike in the 

 two sexes; front mar;,Mn truncate, hind marpfin obtusan«;ulate; pro- 

 zona feebly transverse, of the same len<j:tli as the rather obscurely punc- 

 tate meta/ona. I'rosternal spine not very hijjh, stout, considerably 

 appresscd, tapering as seen from in trout, blunt; interspace between 

 mesosternal lobes almost twice as long as broad (male) or feebly trans- 

 verse (female), the metaaternal lobes attinjjent (male) or ai>proxiinate 

 (fenuile). Tejjmina reaching^ as far as the hind femora, of moderate 

 breadth, tai)erin«j: from the basal fourth, brown, heavily sprinkled 

 with fuscous dots most abundant in but not contined to the discoidal 

 area, where in the female they alternate with pallid dashes; winjjs 

 moderate, hyaline with j^ile greenish veins, which become rather feebly 

 infuscated anteriorly and apically. Fore and middle femora a little 

 tumid in the male; hind femora very stout, testaceous or pallid testace- 

 ous, the upper face slightly ferruginous, except the lower third twice 

 very obliquely and very broadly fasciate with blackish fuscous, the 

 inferior third tlavous, the genicular arc bhukish fuscous; hind tibiae 

 feebly valgate, bright red, the spines black to their base except on their 

 inner side, ten in number in the outer series. Extremity of male abdo- 

 men somewhat clavate, slightly recurved, the supraanal plate subtri- 

 angular with basally angulate sides and aentangulate tip, the surface 

 nearly tlat but stepped, the apical half or less at a lower level and the 

 lateral margins slightly crenate in consequence, the median sulcus 

 rather slender, percurrent but slight in the apical half; furcula consist- 



