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seven joints of the antennae ; the thoracic spots also are of larger size, and the elytra 

 more distinctly and more regularly geminate punctate. The species would perhaps 

 be best placed after I). ameo-ornata. 



44. Doryphora ligata. (Tab. XIV. fig. 13.) 



Doryphora ligata, Stal, Diagn. 1858, p. 473; Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 75 \ 



Hab. Mexico 1 ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion). — Peru 1 . 



The Panama specimens differ from the type from Peru in the collection of Mr. Baly 

 in being paler and having all the darker lines on the elytra much less distinctly marked ; 

 but in all other respects they are similar. A specimen from Panama is figured. 



45. Doryphora falleni. 



Doryphora falleni, Stal, Diagn. 1859, p. 309; Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 77 l . 

 Hab. Mexico 1 . 



46. Doryphora decurrens. 



Doryphora decurrens, Stal, Diagn. .1858, p. 472 ; Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 65 \ 

 Hab. Costa Rica 1 . 



47. Doryphora spectabilis. (Tab. XIV. fig. 19.) 



Doryphora spectabilis, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. iv. 1858, p. 341 l ; Stal, Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 66 a . 

 Hab. Guatemala 1 ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Belt, coll. Salle); Costa Rica, 

 Cache (Rogers). 



48. Doryphora clarki. 



Greenish aeneous below ; thorax finely punctured ; elytra punctate-striate, testaceous, the sutural and lateral 

 margins, a large elongate mark connected at the middle with the suture, and an irregular patch below the 

 middle of each elytron piceous or dark fulvous. 



Length 3^-4 lines. 



Head extremely finely punctured; antenna? fulvous, all the joints, with the exception of the first four, sub- 

 triangular, short ; thorax transverse, of equal width, with a small fovea at each side ; the disk rather 

 closely and very finely punctured, the punctuation scarcely stronger at the sides ; elytra with ten rows of 

 very regular punctures of moderate depth, testaceous, the lateral margin narrowly, the suture more 

 broadly dark fulvous ; an elongate broad stripe extends from the base to the middle of the suture, and is 

 connected with a large roundish spot at the shoulder, which does not extend to either the basal or lateral 

 margin; another subtriangular large spot is placed below the middle; mesosternal process long and 

 robust. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



If the dark markings of the elytra are taken for the ground-colour, the testaceous or 

 flavous portion may be described as follows : — A small streak near the scutellum and a 

 still smaller one near the shoulder, a narrow band parallel and close to the lateral 



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