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C ratoparis Salle i ( Chevr .). 
Oblongo-ovatus , convexus, rufus, thorace obs cur lore ; tomento fulvo- 
sulphurescente in disco thoracis et elytrorum tenuiore et rosescente 
tectas ; clava antennarum , thoracis fasciis duabus utrinque medioque 
interruptis , singuli elytri maculis duabus intra basin , line a trans- 
versa ante medium maculisque tribus transversis posticis triangula - 
riter positis , genubus, tibiarumque basi apiceque nigro.holosericeo 
tomentosis. 
Longit. maj. ind. (rostr. excl.) 3£ lin. millitn. 
Latit. 1§ lin. = 3 T S 5 millim. 
Patria : Columbia. 
This species, at first sight, might be regarded as Crat. Zebra , Sch., 
which it closely resembles, not only in the black marks of its upper sides, 
but also in the general colour of the pile : it is somewhat larger, pro¬ 
portionally broader and more convex: the rostrum is broader, rounded at 
the sides: the thorax is more deeply sinuate at the base, with the posterior 
angles more acute and produced downwards; its black fasciae are more 
shortened, more distant from the sides, and more widely interrupted in the 
middle; the anterior is evidently oblique: the elytra have no marginal 
spot near the transverse line ; the two lateral spots of the hinder part are 
more distant from each other, the hindermost is placed much nearer to the 
apex, and also, that near the suture is more behind the middle and 
the first lateral, so that these three spots are more regularly triangularly 
placed ; lastly, the two posterior sutural spots of Crat. Zebra are wanting 
in this species: the pygidium is wider: the knees and tibiae are more 
widely black, especially the anterior, which have only a narrow fulvous 
ring : the tarsi are clothed with fuscous pile, except a small black ring at 
the base of the first joint: the whole ground of the body is lighter, and the 
pectus is rather darker than the abdomen, whilst it is much darker in 
Crat. Zebra. 
