56 Mr. J. S. Baly on new Phytophagous Insects. 



tris paullo latiore, lateribus dilatatis, rotundatis ; elytris subseria- 

 tim punctatis, remote reticulato-aciculatis. 



(Foem.) Thorace elytris angustiori, lateribus rotundatis. — Long. 

 6^7k lin. 

 Hab. Ega, Upper Amazons. 



Diflfering from D. sappharina, Forst., to which insect it is 

 most nearly allied, by its much broader thorax : in the latter 

 insect the thorax is considerably narrower than the elytra, the 

 sides at the same time being straight, and rounded at their apex 

 only. 



Doryphora cardinalis. 



D. late ovata, valde convexa, obscure senea, corpore subtus antennis- 

 que nigro-seneis, his extrorsum nigris ; capite subremote tenuiter 

 punctate, inter oculos unifoveolato ; labri margine flavo ; thorace 

 longitudine triplo latiore, disco utrinque foveolato, remote tenuiter, 

 lateribus subremote subfortiter punctato ; elytris subseriatim punc- 

 tatis, rufo-fulvis, sutura et margine laterali anguste, fasciisque tri- 

 bus e maculis oblongis, seneis, harum prima ante, secunda prope, 

 tertiaque obliqua pone medium positis. — Long. 8-8^ lin. 



Hah, Venezuela. 



Doryphora congener, 



D. ovata, convexa, pallide viridis, antennis extrorsum nigris ; femo- 

 ribus spinaque obscure flavis; thorace longitudine plus duplo 

 latiore, subremote tenuiter punctato ; elytris tenuiter seriatim 

 punctatis, punctis in striis confuse gemellato-dispositis, striis disco 

 exterior! confusis. — Long. 5^ lin. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Doryphora Jekelii, 



D, ovate convexa, nitido-cuprea, subtus obscurior ; capite thoraceque 

 punctis distinctis sparse hie illic impressis ; elytris remote tenuiter 

 punctatis, irregulariter strigosis, utrisque seriebus 10 (prima ab- 

 breviata) e punctis distantibus majoribus impressis. — Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Columbia. 



Doryphora lurida, 



D, late oblonga, convexa, nitido-nigro-senea ; thorace elytrorum lati- 

 tudine, punctis magnis sparse hie illic fortiter impresso, punctis 

 ad latera subvariolosis ; elytris rufo-fulvis, punctis magnis nigro- 

 seneis irregulariter, prope suturam subseriatim, impressis, utrisque 

 fasciis tribus nigro-seneis, prima ante, secunda vix pone, tertiaque 

 pone medium positis, ilia transversa extrorsum, his obliquis, minus 

 distinctis, utrinque abbreviatis. — Long. 8-9 lin. 



Hab, Napo. 



Doryphora amabilis, 

 - i>. oblongo-ovata, convexa, nitido-fulva, antennarum apice fusco ; 



