HYPERASPIS. 197 



Crotch appears to have known this species, but it is not represented in the Cambridge 

 collection. There are, however, in our collection several specimens which agree very 

 well with the description, and which I accordingly refer to it, besides some others sent 

 by Morrison. Fabricius 1 gives as locality " America meridionalis," and our insect has 

 certainly a wide range in Central America. The specimens from Sonora differ from 

 the others in having the lateral spot on the elytra elongate, reaching almost to the 

 apical one. H. sexverrucata is not included by Crotch among the Hyperaspides of 

 the United States. 



We figure a specimen from Chilpancingo. 



17. Hyperaspis kunzii. (Tab. XI. fig. 5,*.) H- ^^u^,; i-w. k^^v m< 



Hyperaspis kunzii, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 672 x ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 237 2 . ^ . 



Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Salle). 



The locality for this species was unknown to Mulsant 1 and Crotch 2 . There are two 

 examples of it from Mexico in the Salle collection. 



vi. Elytra with two yellow spots. 



18. Hyperaspis deyrollii. 



Hyperaspis deyrollii, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 229 \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Teapa ; British Honduras, R. Hondo (Blancaneaux). — Amazons, 

 Santarem ; Brazil, St. Paulo 1 . 



" S . Subovate, slightly convex, rather closely and visibly punctate, black with pale 

 yellow markings ; head yellow ; thorax with the sides (very broadly) and front yellow, 

 the lateral patch angulated on its inner edge ; elytra each with two moderately large 

 pale yellow spots — one discoidal, sub transverse, at the middle, one subapical, free, 

 nearer the external margin. L. 1— 1J lin. (2-3 millim.). — $ . Head and front of thorax 

 black." 



A single example from British Honduras in our possession agrees entirely with 

 Crotch's type, which is from Reiche's collection. There is a second example in Crotch's 

 collection, from Santarem on the Upper Amazon. 



vii. Elytra with one yellow spot. 



19. Hyperaspis centralis. (Tab. XI. fig. 6.) 



Hyperaspis centralis, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 685 x ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 229 2 . 



Hab. Mexico x 2 , Toxpam (Salle), Cuernavaca in Morelos, Jalapa, Cordova, Oaxaca, 

 Tapachula in Chiapas (Hoge) ; British Honduras, Belize (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, 

 Guatemala city (Salvin, Champion), El Reposo, Zapote, Calderas, Chiacam, Chacoj" 

 (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, David, Caldera, Taboga I. (Champion). 



