71 



showing two obtuse carinpe on each side directed forward and obliquely 

 downward 5 the three transverse iucisioas snbdistinct, each severing 

 the median carina ; the anterior lower angle of each side is distinctly 

 and squarely notched ; posterior margin obtnse-angled; entire surface 

 granulose. Elytra and wings estend beyond the extremity of the abdo- 

 men, (the abdomen of my only specimen is much shriveled). 



Color (dried). — Almost uniform brown ; some dim fnscons dots on the 

 elytra ; femora pale externally, black internally, with yellow bands ; 

 posterior tibte pale (probably rufous when living), with a broad dusky 

 ring near the base. Wings (not spread) fascous at the apex. 



Dimensions. — 9 , Length to tip of elytra, 1.35 inches ; el^^tra, 1.06 inches ; 

 posterior femora, 0.68 inch.; posterior tibi?e, 0.54 inch. 



MemarJc. — In the form of the head and anteuu?e this resembles Xiplio- 

 cera, but its general appearance is that of (Edi2)oda, especially the male 

 of (E. Carolina. 



Specimen received of Mr. Scudder, collected by Sumichrast in Mexico. 



AGcmtliacara acuta, Scudd. 



The top of the head to the tip of the vertex is nearly horizontal ; tip 

 of the vertex mu(;ronate 5 the point of the spine bent downward ; the un- 

 der side of the cone is separated from the face by a deep upward notch, 

 and has a short spine on this part i^ointing downward. Face very ob- 

 lique, smooth, transversely convex. Maxillary palpi nearly twice as long 

 as the labial; autipenultimate and final joints nearly equal in length and 

 about one-third longer than the penultimate, terminal joints of all the 

 palpi enlarged at the apex. Pronotum cylindrical, a little longer than 

 the head, nearly straight on the dorsum; sides nearly parallel, sub- 

 truncate in front, squarely truncate behind, without caringe ; surface 

 somewhat rugose. Mesouotum and metanotum similar to the abdominal 

 segments. 



Abdomen sub-cylindrical, about equal in width to the pronotum, contin- 

 uing this width to the sixth segment, where it begins rapidly to decrease. 

 Ovipositor somewhat broad at the base, tax)ering, curving moderately 

 upward toward the extremity; apex pointed ; about as long as the abdo- 

 men. Posterior femora rather short, not extending beyond the tip of the 

 abdomen, about equal in length to the ovipositor; minutely dentate be- 

 low on both the inner and outer margin. Antennse about as long as the 

 body, exclusive, of the ovipositor. Prosternum furnished with two rather 

 long, slender, pointed spines. Posterior lateral margins of the meso- and 

 metasternum elevated into sharp curved ridges. 



Color. — Pale yellowish-brown, with a single broad fuscous stripe ex- 

 tending along the middle of the dorsum from the vertex to the extremity 

 of the abdomen. Face, sides of the head, and prontum, and the femora 

 a honey-yellow. The u{)per and lower spines of the cone of the head 

 black ; a narrow ring round the base of the antennse and a half-ring 

 around the inner side of the basal joint, black. The lower margin of the 

 face (cly[)eus and mandibles) black; labrum white; palpi whitish. An- 

 tennae with alternate rings of brown and white. The little globular 

 (mouse-like) eyes dark-brown. Ovipositor yellowish-brown, j)ale at base, 

 darker at the tip. 



Dimensions. — 9 , Length from tip of vertex to extremity of the abdomen, 

 1.63 inches; from tip of vertex to tip of ovipositor, 2.26 inches; prono- 

 tum, 0.37 inch.; posterior, 0.77 inch.; ovipositor, 0.64 inch. 



