blue, with a yellow ring near the apex; external face with three in¬ 
distinct oblique bands. Posterior tibiae yellowish, slightly tinged with 
red. Antennae fuscous. 
Dimensions—f —Length, 1.75 inches; elytra 1.50 inches; posterior 
femora, length 0.93 inch, width 0.3 inch; posterior tibiae, 0.76 inch. 
23. HIPPISCUS PHOENICOPTERUS. Bunn. 
Hippiscus phoenicopterus. 
Fi g- 18 - Vertex rather broad; cen¬ 
tral foveola slightly elong¬ 
ate, divided into two parts 
by a median carina; lateral 
foveolas nearly obsolete; fron¬ 
tal costa closed above the ocel¬ 
lus, sulcate from the ocellus 
down, not reaching the ciy- 
peus. Median carina of the 
pronotum distinct and slight¬ 
ly elevated; but not cristate, 
upper margin slightly depressed and severed a lintle before the mid¬ 
dle; lateral carinae distinct; disk flat; anterior margin sub-truncate; 
apical little less than a right-angle; disk granulose. Elytra and wings 
passing the abdomen. Antennae of the male somewhat flattened, 
joints sub-distinct. Posterior femora remarkably broad. 
Color. —Testaceous-brown. Face ashy-brown, cheeks paler; occiput 
dark-brown. Pronotum sometimes almost uniformly brown; at others, 
the disk has on each side a broad testaceous stripe, also a spot of the 
same near the front margin, and another near the center of the sides. 
Elytra with the costal margins pale and unspotted; middle field fus¬ 
cous, with a testaceous stripe, also a spot of the same near the front 
margin, and another near the center of the sides. Elytra with the 
costal margins pale and unspotted; middle field fuscous, with a testa¬ 
ceous stripe along the middle nerve near the base, which bends up¬ 
ward near the center; beyond this is a triangular spot of the same, 
with the base on the middle nerve; varied with fuscous spots and tes¬ 
taceous near the apex. Wings with the disk vermillion-red, a toler¬ 
ably broad, fuscous, arcuate band beyond this, marginal behind, reach¬ 
ing the anal angle; a broad marginal ray of the same extends along 
the front to the base, separated from the red by a narrow transparent 
ray; apex dusky. Posterior femora testaceous, crossed externally by 
three narrow curved bands, spotted inside with black; tibiae dusky. 
Dimensions. — f —Length, 1.45 inches; elytra, 1.24 inches; posterior 
femora, 0.87 inch long, 0.25 inch wide; posterior tibiae, 0.73 inch. 
m —Length, 1.05 inches. 
