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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
saddle-shaped; 2nd, a wide fascia obliquely directed downwards to the 
suture (which it does not reach), as well as the margin ; 3rd, different small 
subpunctiform spots at the sides and apex, most of them placed upon the 
elevated interstices; shoulders denudate ; the tubercles and most elevated 
parts of the interstices clothed with a slight fuscous tuft of pile, forming 
scattered tessellations; the part between the saddle and the posterior fascia 
appearing of a darker brown than the remainder, by being clouded with 
the larger fuscous tessellations concentrated there. 
Pygidium subquadrate, or very slightly roundly narrowed to the apex, 
which is roundly subtruncate; base concealed under the elytra ; clothed 
with a yellowish brown pile. 
Body beneath black, somewhat glossy, scattered over with a thick 
ochreous yellow pile. Thorax beneath obliquely shortened, being in the 
middle half the length of the upper side; irregularly punctate. Pectus 
convex, somewhat prominent in the middle, having irregularly dispersed 
punctures, here and there approximated in sinuate rows, leaving smooth 
intervals. Pectoral laminae narrow, sublinear, smooth ; lateral sides widely, 
anterior margin very thinly, clothed with yellow pile. Abdomen obsoletely 
punctulate; rings nearly equal; the first, nevertheless, somewhat shorter; 
the following gradually narrower; terminal subtubular, transversely im¬ 
pressed near the base, with the apex roundly truncate. 
Legs elongate, thick, intermediate shorter; anterior coxae suborbicu- 
lar, approximate, nearer to the base of the thorax than to its apex ; inter¬ 
mediate ovate, convex, distant, posteriorly more approximate; posterior 
flatter, less distant, obliquely approaching together in front. Thighs 
moderately clavate, edentate ; posterior the longest and thickest, scattered 
with a yellowish pile ; pitchy-brown. Tibiae conically dilated towards the 
apex, anterior the longest; these and the intermediate somewhat longer 
than the thighs; posterior more dilated, scarcely as long as their own 
thighs ; dark rufous, thinly hairy ; hair at the base and apex brunneous, in 
tbe middle yellowish. Tarsi at least as long as the tibiae; 1st joint more 
than one-third of the total length, cylindric-subconic, subtruncate or rather 
slightly emarginate at the apex ; pitchy, covered with whitish yellow hair ; 
2nd more conic, much shorter, but yet longer than wide, deeply angularly 
emarginate at the apex, its lateral angles very acute; black, covered with 
black shorter hair ; 3rd much shorter than the 2nd, and almost engaged in 
its emarginature ; narrower, deeply emarginate; rufous, shining, ochreous 
