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projecting strongly downwards, and bent at right angles at 

 the basal third; the labrum is also unusually large and 

 shining; the antennae are considerably longer than on the 

 female, the tip of the apical joint is noticeably curved and 

 pointed, the prothorax is more transverse and very little 

 narrowed in front, the abdomen is smaller, incurved to 

 middle, and with a glabrous space marking the position of 

 the fovea of the female; the front legs are somewhat longer, 

 with the basal joint of the^ tarsi larger. 



The dark markings are very variable on both sexes ; on 

 the prothorax there are frequently two parentheses marks 

 enclosing an elongated line, and a spot on each side . ( | ) . , 

 sometimes there are two spots on each side, frequently each 

 parenthesis mark is split up into two spots, and occasionally 

 all are absent, or confused together. On the elytra there is 

 often a median fascia: complete, interrupted in the middle, 

 or represented by a row of ten or twelve spots ; or there may 

 be two — the second one near the base, and the two fasciae 

 may be more or less connected; occasionally there is a large 

 dark blotch about the scutellum; the dark markings of the 

 head, under-surface, and legs also vary. On some specimens 

 of both sexes the derm is of a rather pale castaneous, except 

 that there is a narrow black line where the prothorax and 

 elytra touch ; their clothing is also entirely white ; the females 

 of such specimens somewhat resemble pale abraded ones of 

 jnlula and rutilus^ but are more oblong ; the males, however, 

 may be at once distinguished by the jaws. 



Elaphodes cervinus, Suff. 

 E. ti grin us, Chp. 



The type of E. cervinus appears to be a specimen on 

 which the two apical spots on each elytra are conjoined, and 

 the outer part of the basal zigzag fascia almost separated as 

 a spot on each side; there are several such specimens 

 before me. 



E. tigrinus was described as having two transverse 

 fasciae on the pronotum, but these are rarely distinct and 

 are often quite absent; the elytral markings are due mostly 

 to dark patches of pubescence, and if this is abraded they 

 may disappear; on each elytron there are usually two spots 

 (sometimes conjoined) near the apex, and one on the side 

 near them, the irregular subbasal fascia at its middle is 

 V-shaped, and there is usually a round spot half way between 

 its tip and the scutellum, the V, however, is often obscure; 

 the metasternum is usually black or « infuscated. There is 

 frequently a median line of golden pubescence on the 



