^'^2^ MARTIN JACOHY 



in which only the terminal thi-oe or four joints are of that 

 colour , the rest are flavous as well as the anterior legs and 

 posterior tihiae ; the upper surface is deep Llack and shining, 

 the head is inipunctate , the eyes are very large , the frontal 

 tubercles are small and oblique, the carina distinct, the antennae 

 are long and slender, the thorax is subfjuadrate, the sides slightly 

 rounded, the surface entirely impunctate, the elytra are scarcely 

 percepti1)ly puncture 1. 



60. Sphaerometopa sexmaculata, n. sp. — Fulvous, the anten- 

 nae (the Imsal and apical joint excepted) black, thorax scarcely 

 perceptibly punctured, elytra flavous, finely and closely punc- 

 tured, a spot on the shoulder, a transverse l>and at the middle 

 and another near the apex, black. 



Length 2 V2 lines. 



Head impunctate , the frontal tul)ercles small l)ut distinct , 

 clypeus broad , impunctate , palpi strongly incrassate , antennae 

 extending nearly to the middle of the elytra , ])lack , the basal 

 three joints fulvous, the terminal one yellowish-white, third joint 

 one half longer than the second, the following joints slightly 

 widened, pubescent, thorax three times broader than long, short, 

 ])ut slightly widened at the middle, the anterior angles obliipie, 

 thickcmed, the surface rather convex, scarcely perceptibly punc- 

 tured, fulvous like the head, scutellum triangular, fulvous, elytra 

 very closely, finely and irregularly punctured, flavous, the 

 shoulders with a black spot, the middle witli a narrow Init re- 

 gular transverse black band not (]uit(> extending to the suture, 

 another more irregular shaped ])and is jilaced at a little distance 

 from the apex, somewhat obliijue, it (>xtends to the suture, 

 where it is slightly widened, l)ut not quite to the lateral mar- 

 gins, underside and legs fulvous, tibiae slightly darker at their 

 outer edge, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as tlie 

 following joints together. 



Ifab. Si-Ramlté. A single specimen. 



Distinguished from any of its allies In' the pattern of the elytra. 



()(». Sphaerometopa imitans, n. sp. — Dark fulvous, the anten- 

 nae (the basal and apical joint excepted) and the tibiae and 



