CALANDRA QUINQUE-PUNCTATA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; thorax sanguineous, with five black 

 spots ; elytra with a sanguineous exterior sub- 

 margin. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body punctured, beneath black, with a very 

 slight cinereous reflection in a particular light: 

 rostrum, dilated portion longer than broad, but 

 wider at tip, and with a deeply impressed punc- 

 ture at base above : thorax sanguineous, with five 

 black spots, of which two are on each side, the 

 posterior one larger, oblique, and generally con- 

 fluent along the basal margin with the opposite 

 basal spot, the central spot is dilated and elon- 

 gated, fusiform : scutel black : elytra black, with 

 punctured striae ; interstitial lines flat, punctured, 

 penultimate lateral one and ultimate one at base 

 sanguineous : thighs with a dull sanguineous 

 spot on the middle, obsolete on the posterior pair. 



Size of the preceding. 



PLATE IX. 



