198 PHTTOPHAGA. 



anchor-shaped mark below the middle of the elytra; it varies, however, in this respect, 

 as sometimes the triangular point of the anchor is separated, and often not even the 

 same at each elytron. I have only seen, besides the type in Mr. Baly's collection, six 

 specimens from Mexico, amongst which is a rather small one formerly in the collection 

 of Sturm, and labelled by him €. imperialis. 



8. Calligrapha novemmaculata. (Tab. XI, fig. 20.) 



Greenish seneous below, clypeus, antenna, and legs rufous ; elytra testaceous, the suture, a short vitta attached 

 to it, the apex of which is curved outwards, an elongate shoulder-spot, a round spot near the scutellum, 

 another at the middle of the lateral margin, and six small spots at the disk of each elytron dark purplish. 



Length 3 lines. , ,. ,. ,, 



Head almost impunctate; clypeus, palpi, and antenna rufous; the last five joints of the latter distinctly 

 thickened, the terminal joints slightly longer than broad; thorax greenish ameous, its sides straight near 

 the base, then slightly rounded towards the apex, the anterior angles produced, but not very acute, 

 surface finely and rather closely punctured, the sides more strongly but not deeply punctate. ±Jytra 

 convex, the sutural band widened directly below the base and produced into a very short point ; belore 

 the middle another band is attached to it, which is also produced anteriorly in a longer point, and 

 posteriorly in a narrow curved hook almost extending to the lateral margin, where an elongate spot 

 widened in the middle is placed; the usual shoulder-spot is elongate, rather pointed posteriorly, but not 

 bilobed, and extends slightly below the commencement of the sutural vitta ; a single spot is placed near 

 the scutellum, four others, obliquely, within the curved branch of the sutural band, and two more near 

 the apex, the inner one of which is elongate and the largest. 



Eab. Guatemala, Sabo {Champion). 



C. ancoralis seems to be the only species with which I can compare the present one ; 

 the latter, however, is smaller, and the elytral markings are of different shape, the 

 marginal spot is much longer, and the suture is devoid of the spot attached to it near 

 the apex in C. ancoralis. There are, besides this, other differences, which must be 

 compared in the figures. Only a single specimen has been received. 



9. CaUigrapha notatipennis. (Tab. X. fig. 25.) 



Calligrapha notatipennis, Stal, Diagn. 1859, p. 324 \ 

 Chrysomela notatipennis, Stal, Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 283 a . 



Bob. Mexico 1 2 , Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Orizaba, Tuxtla, Cordova, Juquila (Salle, Edge) ; 



Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Eica (coll. Jacoby). 



Distinguished by its ferruginous colour. The elytra have always two spots below the 

 base, placed longitudinally near the suture ; the latter has a short curved band attached 

 to its hinder portion, and generally connected anteriorly with the very elongate shoulder- 

 spot, which latter extends quite to the middle of the elytra, and below which are placed 

 two rows of punctures in a parallel position, each row consisting of three spots ; another 

 very small spot is visible near the lateral margin below the base : in a female specimen 

 from Vera Cruz there is also a band placed from the middle to the apex at the extreme 

 lateral margin ; but the specimen differs in no other respect from the type, which is 



