400 PHYTOPHAGA. 



2. Asphaera lunata. 



Galleruca lunata, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 494 \ 



Haltica lunata, Illig. Mag. vi. p. 97 2 ; Oliv. Ent. vi. p. 683, t. 2. f. 24 3 . 



Asphaera inclusa, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 57 4 . 



(Edionychis longicollis, Schauf. Nunq. Otios. ii. 1874, p. 309 s . 



Eab. Panama, Caldera in Chiriqui (Champion).— West Indian Islands 1 3 .— South 

 America 2 , Colombia 5 , Venezuela 4 {coll Jacoby). 



Of this species a single individual, which does not differ from the South-American 

 specimens, was obtained in the State of Panama. I have examined the type of A. inclusa y 

 Baly, and find it to be identical with G. limata, Fabr. 



3. Asphaera xanthocephala. 



Aspheera xanthocephala, Harold, Col. Hefte, xv. p. 120 (1876) \ 

 Eab. Mexico 1 . 



4. Asphaera abdominalis. 



(Edionychis abdominalis, Chevr. Col. Mex. Cent. i. 1834, fasc. 3 \ 

 (Edionychis perforata, Schauf. Nunq. Otios. ii. p. 299 2 . 



Eab. Mexico \ Presidio (Forrer), Oaxaca (Boucard), Guanajuato, Cordova, Cuerna 

 vaca, La Parada, Orizaba (SallS), Jalapa (Edge), San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer); British 

 Honduras (Salle), R. Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, San Geronimo, Capetillo, 

 Purula, Duefias (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Belt); Costa Uica (Van 

 Patten), Volcan de Irazu (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). — Colombia 2 ; 

 Venezuela (Goring). 



A. abdominalis is evidently a most abundant species throughout Central America ; I 

 have upwards of one hundred specimens before me. Chevrolat has described the species 

 distinctly and at length ; I find, however, that the punctuation of the elytra is variable, 

 being in some specimens " coriaceous " and in others more smoothly punctured ; the 

 colour, too, varies from dark to lighter blue and even to almost black, and the amount 

 of flavous on the abdomen is equally variable ; structural characters of any importance 

 I am not able to find. The Munich catalogue gives as a synonym A. Mugii, Dej. 

 Specimens so named, formerly in Sturm's collection, and labelled by this author, 

 represent, however, a species of true (Edionychis, although identical in coloration with 

 the present insect. 



5. Asphaera abbreviate 



Galleruca abbreviata, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 493 \ 



Haltica abbreviata, Illig. Mag. vi. p. 134 ; Latr. Rec. d'Obs. Zool. i. p. 137, t. 15. f. 5 (1811) \ 



(Edionychis ornata, Baly, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, iv. p. 274 (1859) 3 . 



