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I place this near kirbyi Baly, though the long siitural line indicates a 

 relationship with subi/iargifiata Bily ; the relative lengths of the second 

 and third antennal joints to the fourth would almost place this form in §2, 

 but it is otherwise so like the allies oi kirbyi that I have placed it here; 

 the thorax is a trifle broader than long, moderately sinuate; elytra slightly 

 dilated behind, shining, with the punctures showing as fine piceous points; 

 the sulural line is very fine except in front, but the other stripes are of the 

 same width throughout. 



D. Juncto-linea, nov. sp. 



Head black, antennae one-half the length of the body, black, some- 

 what piceous at base, joints g-io and basal half of 1 1 white; thorax 

 broader than long, pallid yellow, depressed, and obsoletely bifoveate ; 

 scutel black ; elytra pallid, almost white, the suture narrowly, anteriorly, 

 the basal margin and a sublateral vitta from the base to the turn of the 

 convexity, as well as a discoidal vitta, abbreviated before and behind, 

 brilliant blue-black ; body below and legs pallid, with the pectus, tibiae 

 and tarsi black. Length, 5)'2 mni. 



One example, Caracas, Venez. (yell )w label). 



Close to nigroli7ieaia Jac, from Central America. My seven speci- 

 mens of this species (including the type) have the sublateral vitta extended 

 to the suture, which is narrowly black for its whol^ length, and the dis- 

 coidal vitta almost connected with the basal black margin ; juncto-liiiea 

 has the sublateral stripe only as far as the middle of the convexity, the 

 discoidal stripe occupies about the middle two-fourths of the elytra, and 

 the suture is black only for about one-third of the anterior portion ; the 

 antennae are darker and the elytra smoother and less evidently punctate, 

 joint 2 of the antennae is short, 3 one-half longer, 4 equal the two 

 preceding. The general appearance is that of Neobrotica oberthuri Baly. 



D. 7inderwoodi, nov. sp. 



Head black, antennae about three-fourths the length of the body, light 

 piceous, the first four or five joints and the last three pale ; thorax pale 

 rufous, smooth, shining, bifoveate ; scutel piceous ; elytra plicate, pallid- 

 yellow, the anterior third of the suture narrowly, a sublateral humeral 

 stripe half rounding the convexity, and a discoidal stripe abbreviated 

 shortly before the base and at the convexity black ; body beneath and 

 legs yellow, pectus black. Length, 6% mm. 



Two examples, San Jo e, Costa Rica (Underwood). 



