354 PHYTOPHAGA. 



19. Epitrix haroldi. 



Ovate dark fulvous; antenna* and tibiae testaceous ; thorax extremely finely and closely punctured ; elytra 



without any basilar elevation, finely punctate-striate, the punctures scarcely visible at the apex. 

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Hab. Guatemala, San Juan in Vera Paz, Capetillo {Champion). 



There are amongst the fulvous-coloured species only three with which the present 

 insect may be confounded on account of the almost obsolete punctuation near the 

 apex of the elytra ; these species are— E. pygmasa, Har., E. tantula, Har., and E. pulla, 

 Har., all from Colombia; the first and third named of these have, according to the 

 description, an impunctate thorax, while E. tantula is described as having the punctu- 

 ation finer but distinct to the apex, and also sparingly pubescent elytra. With none of 

 these descriptions E. haroldi agrees, as all the six specimens before me have a very 

 Closely and finely punctured thorax (when seen under a strong lens), and no trace of 

 pubescence on the elytra ; the thoracic groove is deep, nearly straight, and bounded 

 laterally by a well-marked depression ; the elytra are of a rather rounded, ovate shape, 

 without any trace of a basal elevation, and their punctuation is fine and regular. E. 

 haroldi seems most closely allied to E. tantula, but I am obliged to consider it as 

 distinct according to the description of Von Harold. E. villosa, Har., also from 

 Colombia, is another closely allied form, but the elytra have, according to the descrip- 

 tion, a distinctly raised basal portion. 



20. Epitrix castanea. 



Dark chestnut-brown ; thorax piceous, strongly punctured; the five basal and the two terminal joints of the 



antennae fulvous; elytra with the base distinctly raised, strongly punctate-striate to the apex. 

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Hab. Guatemala, Senahu {Champion). 



One example. It will not be very difficult to recognize E. castanea amongst the 

 allied fulvous-coloured species on account of the colour of the antennae ; the strongly 

 punctured thorax, the groove of which is but obsoletely impressed in the middle (though 

 well defined at the sides), the space behind this being also distinctly punctured ; the 

 elytra without pubescence, strongly punctured to the apex, and the basal portion 

 highlyjaised ; the posterior tibiae are piceous, and the femora brown. 



21. Epitrix ubaquensis. 



Epitrix ubaquensis, Harold, Coleopt. Hefte, xiv. p. 41 1 . 



Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan {Champion). — Colombia 1 . 



A single specimen from the above locality agrees so well with the description of 

 Von Harold, that I must refer it to that species, of which the principal distinguishing 

 feature seems to be the deep and punctured thoracic groove ; the rest of the surface is 



