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South- American H. noticollis, Muls. It differs only in having the markings on the 

 elytra reduced, so that the inner anterior spot is not curved or hamate, as may be seen 

 by a reference to the figure. Mulsant notices variations both of the elytra and the 

 thorax in marking. 



xi. Elytra yellow. 



28. Hyperaspis adelaida. (Tab. xi. fig. 13.) 



Breviter ovata, valde convexa, flava, creberrime subtiliter punctata ; prothoraee maeulis quatuor, elytris singuli& 

 guttis sex rufo-piceis, scutello et pectore piceis. Long. 4 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Toxpam, Playa Vicente (Salle), Jalapa (Hoge), Atoyac in Vera Cruz, 

 Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Teleman (Champion). 



The ground-colour above is bright yellow. The thorax is deflexed at the sides, 

 strongly transverse, and with the base rounded, as in all the very convex species ; with 

 four irregular and ill-defined spots — one in the middle of the disc, often partly divided, 

 a small one before the scutellum, sometimes only indicated on the margin, and one 

 on each side on the base. The elytra have each two spots near the suture, the anterior 

 one of which is oblong or hamate, and the posterior one is very near to its fellow on 

 the other elytron, and four exterior to these — three submarginal, one discoidal. 



This species is somewhat like the Brazilian H. triacantha, Muls. A specimen from 

 Teleman is figured. 



29. Hyperaspis albicollis. 



Orbicularis, convexa, flavo-testacea ; prothoraee dilutiore, ssepe albido-testaeeo fusco-notato ; subtilissime 

 punctata, elytrorum stria suturali, e punctis fuscis haud impressis formata. Long. 3-4 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, Caldera, David, Tole, Taboga L, San 

 Miguel in the Pearl Islands (Champion). 



Very variable in size, and more uniformly coloured than H. subsignata. The head 

 and thorax are usually whitish-yellow, the latter having occasionally some indistinct 

 fuscous markings ; in specimens from Caldera these take the form of five spots — two 

 discoidal arcuate ones with an antescutellar spot form a sort of Y, the stem of which is 

 sometimes wanting, and in these examples there are two basal spots. The elytra have 

 usually a series of brown punctures near the suture, and indications of similar obsolete 

 punctures near the callus and along the margin. The anterior tibiae are compressed, 

 and slightly widened on the exterior side in the middle. 



A great many examples were met with by Mr. Champion. 



30. Hyperaspis subsignata. 



Hyperaspis subsignata, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 226 1 . 



Hab. North Ameeica, Texas l . — Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (SallS, H. H. Smith), 

 biol. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. VII., July 1894. 2 D* 



