NEOBROTICA AND RELATED GENERA — BLAKE 291 



pale yellow irregular fascia from another wider dark fascia extending 

 to a little below the middle, not quite meeting at the suture; before 

 the apex another broad dark fascia having an oblong pale spot in the 

 middle, apex and margin pale; legs pale, antennae pale with dark 

 intermediate joints. 



Head with interocular space less than half width of head, tubercles 

 distinct and a depressed spot above them, a narrow carina down 

 lower front; occiput smooth, very finely punctate, shining, black, 

 except the tubercles which are brownish. Antennae pale with the 

 fifth to ninth joints brown. Prothorax not twice as broad as long 

 with only slightly curved sides, a deep transverse sulcus; surface 

 although alutaceous shiny, very finely punctate, pale yellow. Scu- 

 tellum pale. Elytra wider behind the middle, faintly costate, alu- 

 taceous but shiny, punctation strong, moderately dense, tending to be 

 striate; pale yellow with a dark basal fascia, another broader one 

 before the middle, an apical one enclosing an oblong pale spot in the 

 middle of it, margin and apex pale. Body beneath pale, except 

 the breast which is piceous. Length 5.5 mm.; width 2.7 mm. 



Type, male, BMNH, from Chacoj in Vera Paz, Guatemala, col- 

 lected by Champion. 



Remarks: Only one specimen of this is known, the type. N. 

 simulans is similar in markings to A^. hondurensis; the only distin- 

 guishing marks are the pale tibiae and tarsi which are dark in A''. 

 hondurensis, and the slightly different color of the antennae. Pos- 

 sibly it may be only a color form of A^. hondurensis. 



Neobrotica pterota, new species 



Figure 15 



About 6.5 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, shining, the elytra 

 densely and coarsely punctate, the punctures tending to be striate, 

 feebly costate along the side, pale yellowish brown, the head piceous 

 on occiput, pale in front, antennae with pale basal joints, the ter- 

 minal joints missing; elytra with a dark brown band enclosing a 

 round pale spot on each elytron, and extending down along the side 

 not quite joining with another narrower band that extends narrowly 

 down the suture and down the side. 



Head with interocular space less than half width of head, occiput 

 shining piceous with fine punctures, a depression over the frontal 

 tubercles which are tan colored, a carina down lower front which is 

 pale, the mouthparts dark. Antennae with the terminal joints 

 missing, the four basal ones pale, rest dark. Prothorax with curved 

 sides and transverse sulcus, finely punctate, yellowish brown. Scu- 

 tellum dark brown. Elytra with dense, moderately coarse, semi- 

 striate punctures, feebly costate along the side, pale yellow with a 



