406 PHYTOPHAGA. 



Hal. Mexico 1 , Playa Vicente (SalU) ; Guatemala, Zapote 2 , Capetillo, Volcan de 

 Atitlan, Sinanja, Panima (Champion). 



The insects described under the above names are identical, as a comparison of the 

 types has proved to me. According to the present classification the species must be 

 placed in Homophoeta on account of the elongate metatarsus, the little-swollen claw- 

 joint, and simple angles of the thorax. 



3. Homophoeta championi. (Tab. XXIII. fig. 4.) 



Obscure testaceous or yellowish- white ; antennae and legs obscure fulvous ; thorax and elytra impunctate, the 



latter with a spot at the base and another below the middle pale brownish. 

 Length 3-4 lines. 



Hal. Costa Kica (Van Patten); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba, Caldera 

 1200 feet (Champion). 



At first sight this species seems but to be a pale variety of H. recticollis ; I have, 

 however, six specimens before me which show constant differences from that species. 

 The colour of the elytra is the same, but the spots are not black but pale brown, and 

 the posterior one is not placed so far back, and forms a narrow transverse band which 

 does not quite extend to either margin. The first joint of the posterior tarsi is shorter 

 than in H. recticollis ; the thorax is more transverse, but agrees in general shape with 

 Homophceta ; and the claw-joint is but little swollen. 



4. Homophoeta affinis. (Tab. XXIII. fig. 5.) 



Homophoeta affinis, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 173 \ 

 Hah. Guatemala, Duenas \ Capetillo \ Zapote, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Closely allied to H. recticollis and H. championi, but separated by the position and 

 shape of the anterior elytral spot, which is placed at some distance from the base, and 

 oblique ; this is a constant character. 



5. Homophoeta albofasciata. (Tab. xxiil. fig. l.) 



Homophoeta albofasciata, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 441. 



Hob. Costa Eica (Van Patten), Volcan de Irazu (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de 

 Chiriqui (Champion). 



Many specimens : the colour of the elytra varies from metallic blue to black ; the 

 central white band is always curved and narrowed at the suture ; the reverse is the case 

 with the short apical band, which is narrowed near the lateral margin. 



6. Homophoeta aequinoctialis. 



Galleruca aquinoctialis, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 493; Degeer, Mem. Ins. v. p. 356, t. 16. f. 19 l ; 



Illig. Magaz. vi. n. 86 2 ; Oliv. Encycl. iv. p. 106 8 . 

 Galleruca 4-gvttata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 132 ; Oliv. 1. c. p. 105. 



