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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
brown pile, here and there denuded upon the elevated lateral interstices: a 
filiform transverse fascia, somewhat obliquely directed downwards from the 
margin to the middle of each elytron, placed at the middle of the length ; 
another a little more than half way between that and the base, much 
shorter, not reaching the upper side; also several small spots towards the 
apex, three or four of them transversely placed upon the elevated inter¬ 
stices, resembling an interrupted fascia obliquely directed downwards from 
the suture to the margin, all formed of a white pile. 
Pygidium perpendicular, short, subconvex, dark brown, punctulate, 
densely clothed with a white pile. 
Body underneath dark brown, punctulate, covered with a white pile, 
more dense on the chest. Pectoral laminae subdenudate, except at the 
sides. 
Legs :—Anterior light ferruginous, slender: thighs anteriorly bi- 
annulate with a white pile. Posterior ample, dark brown, punctulate: 
thighs extending beyond the apex of the body, widely clavate, armed in¬ 
side with four posterior teeth or spines, the first very strong and long, the 
others gradually shorter and thinner, all much smaller than the first; bi- 
annulate posteriorly with a white pile. Tibiae somewhat shorter than the 
thighs, curved at the base, where they are sublinear, then subangularly di¬ 
lated towards the apex; flat beneath, upper side convex; internal angle of 
the apex armed with a very long spine, nearly one-third of the length of 
the tibia ; three other short spines are also observable,—two external, one 
central, being the continuation of an elevated longitudinal angular ridge 
rising from the end of the curved part near the third part of the length of 
the tibia: tarsi somewhat longer than the tibiae; 1st joint more than half 
the total length, curved, penultimate joint almost entirely enclosed in the 
emargination of the second ; terminal biunguiculate, nearly as long as the 
two preceding taken together; claws rather curved. 
