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Elytra finely shagreened, each with three yellowish- white 

 supra-marginal oblong yellow patches, the humeral one the 

 smallest of the three. Gruti. 



Elytra finely shagreened, each with two supra-marginal, 

 yellowish-wbite spots and a thin postical band. elegantula. 



Elytra finely shagreened, each with a median supra-mar- 

 ginal dot and a narrow postical band. hrevipennis. 

 Elytra deeply pitted from the base to the middle, less so in 

 the postical part, each with a small median yellowish 

 supra-marginal dot and a postical narrow line. variolata. 

 B. Elytra closely pitted, no lateral supra-marginal spot or 



band. gilvijjes. 



C Elytra with a continuous lateral white or yellowish-white 

 band. 

 Elytra finely shagreened, each with the suture and also the 

 postical outer-margin produced on an acute spine, the male 

 with a humeral dot and a narrow supra-marginal white 

 band, the female without the humeral dot. lejnda. 



Elytra closely pitted, the supra-marginal, narrow, white band 

 reaching from the shoulder to the apex. marginella. 



Elytra broadly pitted, supra-marginal white band reaching 

 from the shoulder to the apex. connexa. 



Elytra broadly pitted, supra-marginal white band reaching 

 from the shoulder to the apex and slightly toothed inwardly 

 past the middle. lateralis, 



J). Elytra with a lateral white band throwing a longer or 

 shorter ramus past the middle. 

 Elytra closely and narrowly pitted, the supra-marginal, 

 moderately narrow, white band with an inward, short 

 ramus. c oar data. 



Elytra closely pitted with the supra-marginal broad band 

 reaching from the base to past the middle, emitting a short, 

 broad ramus inwardly and continued, without being 

 disconnected, a little nearer the margin. vittata. 



Elytra closely and narrowly pitted, the supra-marginal, 

 moderately narrow, white band directed inwardly, past 

 the middle, and disconnected with the postical band. hamata. 



Elytra deeply pitted, the supra-marginal band emitting past 

 the middle a very long narrow ramus directed backwards. furcata. 



Elytra deeply pitted, the supra-marginal band broad and 

 disconnected behind with the postical lateral band. ramlgera. 



