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10. TRAGOCEPHALA SORDIDA. Burin. 
Form of the head and pronotum much as in Tomonotus nietanus. 
Central foveola of the vertex broad, slightly transverse in the female, 
triangular and closed in front, median carina sub-distinct; lateral 
foveolse shallow, slightly enlarged, elongate-triangular, indistinct in 
the male; frontal costa prominent, narrow, sulcate, obliterated before 
reaching the clypeus; face seen from the side arcuate. Median carina 
of the pronotum prominent, subcristate, severed about the middle 
and slightly notched, anterior portion in the female arcuate, both 
parts somewhat arcuate in the male; lateral carinae sub-distinct on the 
front and posterior lobes; anterior margin slightly angled, and extend¬ 
ing slightly upon the occiput; apex right-angled. Elytra and wings 
passing the abdomen; wings rather narrow. Antennae short, somewhat 
flattened, and slightly enlarged at the apex. 
General color dusky brown, varied with lighter and darker shades. 
Head and thorax varied with patches of lighter and darker shades. 
Elytra fuscous, with two pale fasciae on the middle portion, some¬ 
times only crossing the lower half, at others crossing the entire 
width. Wings transparent-yellow on the inner half; apical half ful¬ 
iginous or smoky; front margin dusky. Posterior femora indistinctly 
banded with yellowish and brown; posterior tibiae dusky-brown, with 
paler ring near the knee. Antennae pale at the base, fuscous at the 
apex. 
Female—Length 1.2 to 1.25 inches; male, .9 to 1 inch* 
Found throughout the State, but not common. 
11. TOMONOTUS SULPIIUREUS. Fabr. 
Var. sulphureus .—Foveola of the vertex in the female slightly 
transverse, divided by a median carina, triangular in front, the mar¬ 
gins raised and connecting in front, or approaching near to each other 
in a right-angle; in the male somewhat elongate; the frontal costa 
prominent, more or less bisuLcate above the ocellus, very slightly sul¬ 
cate below it; face seen from the side decidedly arcuate. Pronotum 
scarcely constricted in the middle, but expanding slightly and regu¬ 
larly posteriorly; median carina prominent, sub-cristate or cristate, 
more or less arcuate on top; lateral carinae obsolete; surface some¬ 
what roughened or rugulose; front margin obtuse-angled, slightly ad¬ 
vanced upon the occiput; posterior margin right-angled or acute- 
angled. Elytra and wings passing the abdomen. Antennae slender 
and Aliform. 
