. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Entomology. 1911] Ilypera and Phytonomiis in America 427 Elytra broadly clongatc-oval, almost as wide at tip as at base, humeri not prominent, ch'tra gradually widened for two-thirds of their length and then abruptly obliquely narrowed to the truncate tip; stride deeply punctured, interspaces elevated, the alternate ones beginnfng with the sutural space more so, all with fine sparse punctures. Scales of the elytra cleft to the base, fine and very elongate, making a dense covering; long white hairs present on posterior portion of interspaces, re
. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Entomology. 1911] Ilypera and Phytonomiis in America 427 Elytra broadly clongatc-oval, almost as wide at tip as at base, humeri not prominent, ch'tra gradually widened for two-thirds of their length and then abruptly obliquely narrowed to the truncate tip; stride deeply punctured, interspaces elevated, the alternate ones beginnfng with the sutural space more so, all with fine sparse punctures. Scales of the elytra cleft to the base, fine and very elongate, making a dense covering; long white hairs present on posterior portion of interspaces, remainder of the elytra with interspaces having scattered black and white hairs, more or less decumbent. Venter clothed with deeply cleft scales, very dense on the sternal portion, rather sparse on the abdomen, last segment distinctly longer than the two previous and in male with a shallow impression near the center; third segment deeply impressed back of the intercoxal process which is broad and gradually curves until near the middle when it abruptly terminates in a sharp triangular point. Male genitalia with the stem broadly rounded at the point. Mesosternal process between the middle coxae elevated, narrow linear. In the single female I ha\-e seen there is at the apex of the seventh abdominal segment a deep impression. Legs with femora black and densely clothed in front with deeply cleft scales, tibije and tarsi very dark red, clothed wath fine long sil\'er_\' hairs, hind tibias slightly cur\-ed, front tibiae more strongly so, hind tibias with a prominent mueronate process which at the apex is bifurcate in the male; the process scarcely evident in the female. The tesselation in these specimens is remarkably different and con- sists of a mixture of gray and brown scales wth very small macula' of black scattered over the interspaces; on the thorax there is an indis- tinct trilineation, the outside paler lines being very narrow; some of the scales arc 6. Distribut
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