99 



92-95. Pronotum medially silicate, apices of elytra close and 

 subunidentate. 



93. Each elytron with 3 round spots, basal and preapical 



connected with red marginal marks — producta, 



Saund.; acutipennis. Thorns.; (?)var. sulcicollis, 

 Kerr. 



94. Each elytron with lateral &nd discal spot yellow, pre- 



apical subfasciate spot yellow and red — venusta y 

 Cart. ; suavis, Cart. 



95. Each elytron with subhumeral and 3 discal spots yellow, 



hindmost connected with red lateral spot — gentilis, 



Kerr. 

 96-106. Pronotum not medially sulcate. 

 97-99. Apices of elytra widely divergent, each strongly bispinose. 



98. Basal third of elytra dark — ins ignis, Blackb. 



99. Basal third of elytra yellow — caudata, Kerr. 



100-102. Apices of elytra strongly acuminate (more so than in 

 producta), subapical spots linear. 



101. Subapical spots diverging towards apex (14 mm. long) — 



acuminata, Kerr. 



102. Subapical spots converging towards apex (7-9 mm. long) 



— obliqua, Kerr. 



103. Apices less acuminate than in producta, form more 



parallel — delta. Thorns.; (?) deceptor, Kerr. 

 104-111. Apices bispinose, interior spine small. 



105. Each elytron with 3 discal spots, hindmost red at side — 



delicatulq, Kerr. 



106. Each elytron with humeral and 3 discal spots, hindmost 



at sides and margins red — spectabilis, Kerr. 

 107-111. Elytra without red markings. 

 108. Each elytron with 1 lateral and 2 discal spots yellow 



(10kL2 mm. long) — confinis, Kerr. 

 109-111. Size small (7-8 mm. long), prothorax bulbous. 



110. Each elytron with lateral and 2 discal spots and pre- 



apical fascia yellow — pulchella, n. sp. 



111. Elytra! spots smaller and without preapical fascia — 



lilliputana, Thorns. ; ocularis, Kerr. ; (Neocuris) 

 mastersi, MJacl. ; (?)var. with 2 additional yellow 

 spots at apex, (?) dawsonensis, Blackb. 



Note. — Gentilis, pulchella, and lilliputana might 

 well be placed in a separate group, form elongate- 

 ovate, apex not acuminate. There is an una count able 

 mistake in Ann. Soc, Belg., 1900, p. 312, where M. 

 Kerremans places delta, Thorns., as a synonym of 

 punctato striata, Saund. A glance at the description 

 and figure of the latter shows a widely different 

 insect, besides the difference in dimensions (delta? 

 12x4 mm.; punctato striata, 21x8 mm.). From 

 description I think delta, Thorns. = deceptor, Kerr. 



S. lib ens, Kerr., is omitted from the tabulation as 

 unknown to me, while the description as to structural 

 characters is too brief for accurate diagnosis. It is 

 apparently near delicatula, Kerr. 



112-134. Elytra almost wholly dark with longitudinal or transverse 

 yellow or red markings. 



113-117. Size large, 18-21 mm. long. 



114. Elytra brown-black, margins yellow, apices bispinose — 



semicincta, C. and G. ; var. variopicta. Thorns. 



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