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40. Doryphora antennalis. (Tab. XV. fig. 18.) 



Doryphora antennalis, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 516 . 

 Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales 1 (Janson, Belt). 



The antennae in this species are rather filiform and longer than usually, and not much 

 thickened. Five specimens were received. 



41. Doryphora dorsomaculata. (Tab. XIV. fig. l.) 



Doryphora dorsomaculata, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 146 \ 

 Hab. Nicaragua 1 (X). — Brazil (coll. Baly). 



The specimen given to me by Mr. Kippon at the time of publication, I understood 

 to have been procured at Nicaragua ; but as I have never seen any other from that 

 locality, and three specimens in Mr. Baly's collection all bear the label " Brazil," it is 

 very probable that the latter country is the true locality of the species. 



42. Doryphora punctipennis. 



Doryphora punctipennis, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 145 \ 

 Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers l ). 



Only two specimens were obtained. The posterior portion of the elytra are depressed 

 and deflexed rather suddenly, which gives an angular appearance to the insect when 

 viewed sideways. The elytra are strongly rugose-punctate at their posterior half; and 

 the flavous bands at the middle and at the lateral margin are very narrow and regularly 

 shaped. 



43. Doryphora viridifasciata. (Tab. XV. fig. 16.) 



Very convex, light fulvous ; base of the head, four spots at the thorax, and the scutellum black ; elytra finely 

 subgeminate punctate-striate, each elytron with three broad metallic green transverse bands. 



Length 5-5| lines. 



Head with a few extremely fine punctures, fulvous, the base with a semiquadrate black spot ; antennas entirely 

 light fulvous, the last six joints flattened and gradually widened, slightly longer than broad ; thorax 

 nearly three times as broad as long, the sides almost parallel at the base, very slightly rounded towards 

 the apex, surface very sparingly covered with distinct punctures, fulvous with four subquadrate black 

 spots placed transversely across the disk ; scutellum black, shining ; elytra very convex, almost cylindrical, 

 slightly narrowed at the base, each elytron with about ten rows of fine punctures arranged in double lines 

 towards the middle, the interstices finely aciculate, a broad band at the base, a second one immediately 

 below the middle, and another of a more triangular shape near the apex bright metallic green ; the last 

 of these bands does not extend quite to the apex, nor either of them to the sutural margin. Mesosternal 

 process very short. 



Hab. Mexico, Chiapas (Salle) ; Guatemala, Purula, Sinanja (Champion). 



Of this handsome species five specimens from Guatemala and one from Mexico are 

 before me. The latter differs from all the others in the greater extension of the black 

 at the base of the head, in its closer punctuation, and in the black colour of the last 



