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dozen specimens* before me which only vary in the shape 

 and size of the elytral bands, these being sometimes very 

 narrow and the lateral ones often interrupted, in all the 

 specimens the posterior four tibiae are entirely or partly 

 fulvous ; the male differs in having very broad anterior 

 tarsi. There will be no difficulty in separating this species 

 from most of its allies which have but one or two amongst 

 them in which the elytra are nearly similarly sculptured but 

 differing again in the markings and that of the thorax ; 

 the penis also differs from those of the allied forms but is 

 somewhat similar to that of P. marshalli, it is short and 

 robust, the lower edge of the widely-opened cavity is pro- 

 duced into a long and rather pointed projection and is 

 fringed with long hairs, the upper portion of the cavity is 

 but slightly and bluntly produced, the sides of the cavity 

 are occupied by another pointed and long lamina or pro- 

 jection between which a long, curved bristle springs ; the 

 two male specimens which I have examined show no 

 difference whatever in this respect. It will be seen there- 

 fore that the species is doubtless distinct from the others 

 described here. 



Pejploptera marshalli, sp. n. 



Black, the head rugose, thorax fulvous with a central black band, 

 elytra flavous, moderately strongly and regularly punctate-striate, 

 a sutural and a narrower lateral stripe abbreviated posteriorly and 

 connected by a transverse band near the apex and a spot on the 

 shoulders black. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head black, longitudinally strigose at the middle, antennae not 

 extending to the base of the thorax, black, the third and fourth 

 joint fulvous, the fifth and following ones strongly transverse ; 

 thorax about one half broader than long, the sides feebly rounded 

 and obliquely narrowed in front, the disc with a few minute punc- 

 tures and a slight transverse groove at each side near the base, 

 fulvous, the middle with a longitudinal black band which is suddenly 

 and angulately widened from the middle to the base, the latter witk 

 some stronger punctures at the margin, scutellum triangular, black ; 

 elytra with strongly developed post humeral lobes, regularly and 

 not very deeply punctate-striate, tiavous, with a broad sutural and 

 a narrow marginal black band, not extending to the base and con- 

 nected near the apex by another transverse fascia which narrows 

 towards the lateral margins, the apex of the elytra nearly im- 



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