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others, nebulously extended outwards to the next alternate convex inter¬ 
stice, to which spot there is connected above, a whitish or flavous lineola, 
also larger than the others, but limited in breadth to that interstice. 
In some specimens these maculae are hardly larger and more distinct than 
the other tessellations. 
Pygidium rather short, only subsemicircnlar, subperpendicular, uni¬ 
formly covered with light brown pile. 
Body beneath of a lighter hue, nearly fulvous. Thorax and pectus 
with rather strong, deep and distant; abdomen with slight, small approxi¬ 
mate, punctures. 
Legs light fuscous, clothed like the body beneath ; thighs behind the 
middle and near the apex ; tibice at the base, above the middle and near 
the apex, annulate, with light fuscous pile : these annulations are some¬ 
times obsolete. 
I have seen nearly a dozen of this species. 
Cratoparis luridus, Sch. 
Oblong o-ovalus , piceo-ferrugineus , pube dilute fulva subtus et in capite 
rostroque parum , supra in thorace elytrisque magis variegata tectus ; 
thorace pedibusque fusco-variegatis; elytris fusco Jlavo-albidoque 
subtessellatis antennarum funiculo testaceo clavaque basi fusca , arti- 
culo ultimo albido ; thorace basi bisinuato , carina postica approxi- 
mata; elytris infra basin prope suturarn elevato-callosis , medio 
conjunctim longitudinaliter impressis; pygidio semirotundato , de- 
Jlexo ; tarsis anticis latis , unguiculis subtus medio denticulo tenui 
armatis. 
Longit. (cap. infl.) 3^—lin. = 7^ — 4 T | millim. 
Latit. hum. If— 7| lin. = 3 T 6 S — 1 T S 5 millim. 
Patria : Cayenna, Nova Granata, Para, Amazona, &c. 
Synon.: Cratoparis luridus , Dej. Catal. : Sch. Gen. et Sp. Curcul. t. v. 
pars. I, pag. 229, 1839. 
This species considerably varies in size and colour. Its ordinary size 
is that of Crat. lunatus , but it attains sometimes that of a moderate sized 
Anthr. albinus, and is often reduced to that of Tropid. sepicola : there are 
