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  GUY 
  A. 
  K. 
  MARSHALL. 
  — 
  FOUR 
  NEW 
  

  

  rostrum, 
  and 
  the 
  femora 
  black 
  ; 
  moreover, 
  the 
  scaling 
  is 
  much 
  darker 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  

   metallic 
  lustre, 
  while 
  the 
  scales 
  themselves 
  are 
  much 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  pointed, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  is 
  plainly 
  visible 
  between 
  them. 
  

  

  Cyllophorus 
  rubrosignatus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (fig. 
  3). 
  

  

  5. 
  Black 
  or 
  piceous, 
  with 
  recumbent 
  scale-like 
  white 
  and 
  fuscous 
  setae, 
  and 
  with 
  

   the 
  following 
  markings 
  composed 
  of 
  red 
  scales 
  : 
  — 
  a 
  stripe 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  

   to 
  the 
  vertex 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  two 
  large 
  round 
  dorsal 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  prothorax, 
  a 
  similar 
  spot 
  just 
  below 
  these 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  transverse 
  

   basal 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  shoulder 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  an 
  irregular 
  macular 
  basal 
  band 
  

   extending 
  to 
  the 
  6th 
  stria 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  a 
  transverse 
  patch 
  from 
  stria 
  1 
  to 
  6 
  just 
  behind 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  a 
  rounded 
  lateral 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  epimeron. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  the 
  narrowest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  only 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  funic! 
  e. 
  

   Rostrum 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  strongly 
  curved, 
  the 
  apex 
  somewhat 
  flattened, 
  

   the 
  basal 
  portion 
  closely 
  punctate 
  and 
  subcarinate 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   glabrous 
  and 
  with 
  fine 
  scattered 
  punctures. 
  Antennae 
  testaceous 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Cyllophorus 
  rubrosignatus, 
  Mshl. 
  

  

  apical 
  joints 
  blackish 
  ; 
  joint 
  3 
  elongate, 
  almost 
  equal 
  to 
  2 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  subquadrate. 
  

   Prothorax 
  shorter 
  than 
  its 
  width 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  strongly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   slightly 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  rounded 
  dorsally, 
  quite 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  

   the 
  basal 
  margin 
  strongly 
  bisinuate 
  ; 
  upper 
  surface 
  convex, 
  highest 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  

   shallowly 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  reticulate 
  punctation 
  indistinctly 
  visible 
  

   through 
  the 
  scaling. 
  Scutellum 
  elevated 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  covered 
  with 
  whitish 
  scales. 
  

   Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  dorsal 
  outline 
  convex, 
  deepest 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  deep 
  narrow 
  

   striae 
  indistinctly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  intervals 
  quite 
  plane 
  and 
  their 
  rugose 
  sculpturing 
  

   almost 
  hidden 
  by 
  the 
  scaling. 
  Legs 
  comparatively 
  short, 
  black, 
  with 
  dense 
  white 
  

   recumbent 
  setae 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  sharp 
  tooth, 
  the 
  hind 
  pair 
  only 
  slightly 
  

   exceeding 
  the 
  elytra* 
  and 
  each 
  bearing 
  a 
  single 
  external 
  carina. 
  Underside 
  with 
  

   dense 
  pale 
  scaling, 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  metasternum 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  shiny 
  spot 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Length, 
  3-5-4*75 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width, 
  2-2 
  - 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  * 
  They 
  are 
  shown 
  much 
  too 
  short 
  in 
  the 
  figure. 
  

  

  