F. C. BOWDITCH 501 



Zeteticus cyanipennis iiov. sp. 



Elongate, slim; head, thorax, scutelluni, underside and legs 

 rufous, the anterior tibiae and tarsi brown, antennae brown, 

 elytra shining greenish eyaneous with light punctures arranged 

 as striae, the intervals finely punctulate, the surface sparsely 

 finely yellowish pubescent. 



Type. — Venezuela. Square yellow label (Caracas?). Second 

 Jac. coll. "n.i.lNIus. " Length 4 mm. 



Head witli well marked frontal tubercles and a trauverse fovea between the 

 eyes, vertex and neck coarsely punctate; antennae filiform, scarcely reaching 

 the middle of the eljira; thorax more thickly punctate than the head, with 

 scattered very fine yellow pubescence, very obsolete oblique depressions behind, 

 the sides finely angled like in ecuadoriensis Jac; eljiira with a distinct basal 

 depression, most marked where it tiu-ns to go up to the shoulder, the anterior 

 half of the suture has a tendency to show rufescent; claws bifitl. 



MetaUicus Jac. is much larger. Type unique. 



Zeteticus viridipennis nov. sji. 



Elongate, head, thorax and scutellum rufous, elytra dull 

 metallic green, strongly punctate striate (except tip), the inter- 

 vals thickly punctulate, the entire surface covered with appressed 

 yellow pubescence and rows of sparse long hairs, body beneath 

 and legs dark blackish green. 



Type. — Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Germ.) Length 7 mm. 

 Clypeus with a strong transverse impression, head thickly and closely 

 punctate with a transverse fovea between the eyes and obsolete frontal tuber- 

 eles; antennae filiform, black, reaching the middle of the elji;ra; thorax trans- 

 verse, punctured like the head with obsolete median and basal foveae, angu- 

 lated at the sides after the manner of ecuadoriensis Jac; elytra with a very 

 obsolete basal depression so that the scutellar region is slightly raised; legs 

 and under part of the body more or less yellow jKibescent; claws bifid. 



Two examples. 



Octogonotus piagiatus nov. sp. 



Elongate, head black, thorax yellow, elytra yellow, golden 

 pubescent, an elongate spot at the shoulder, a connnon nearly 

 square spot at the base, a straight transverse submedian band 

 not reaching the sides, the apex, the sharp edge of the lateral 

 margin and the epiplcurae black, pubescent, body beneath 

 yellow, tibiae and tarsi of the four anterior legs black, posterior 

 3'ellow, all the femora somewhat black. 



TRANS. AM. EXT. SOC, XLI. 



