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mouthparts, intermediate antennal joints and elytral markings 

 piceous, a long vitta extending from the humerus along the side but 

 not covering the margin, a dark area about and below the scutellum, 

 and a very small median spot near the apex; body beneath and legs 

 pale except for the dark breast. 



Head with the interocular space a little more than half width of 

 head, a median depression over the frontal tubercles, occiput shining, 

 very finely punctate, a narrow carina running down the lower front, 

 occiput of head to the antennal sockets and around the eyes piceous, 

 lower front pale, mouthparts dark. Antennae with the intermediate 

 joints dark. Prothorax not twice as wide as long with slightly ciu-ved 

 sides and a transverse sulcus, shining, finely punctate, entirely pale. 

 Scutellum pale. Elytra faintly costate with geminate striate puncta- 

 tion in the intervals, shining, pale yellow with piceous or deep brown 

 markings, a vitta extending from the humerus along the side to the 

 apical curve of irregular outline, suggesting the coalescence of three 

 spots, and a broad dark area about the scutellum and a little way 

 down the suture, also a small median spot near the apex of each elytron. 

 Body beneath and legs pale with the breast dark. Length 6.2 mm.; 

 width 3 mm. 



Type, female, MCZ 30670, from Caparo Valley, Port-of-Spain, 

 Trinidad, collected by Dr. Kendall, January 1897. 



Remarks: Only one specimen, a female, is known. The elytra are 

 a pale lemon color, possibly faded from a green. The unusual 

 irregular lateral vitta on the elytra is distinctive of this species. 

 Bowditch had attached the manuscript name Rendalli to it, after its 

 collector. 



Neobrotica stalagma, new species 



Figure 55 



About 7 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, shining although 

 alutaceous, elytra feebly costate on sides and with punctures tending 

 to be striate, yellow brown, the occiput of head piceous, the antennae 

 with the intermediate jouats dark and the elytra with a sutural dark 

 vitta extending below the middle and a long dark humeral area 

 uniting with a short median vitta and a shorter apical vitta on each 

 elytron, breast dark, legs pale. 



Head with the interocular space approximately half width of head, 

 frontal tubercles swollen and a median depression above, the carina 

 down the lower front not very distinct, but rather flat and punctate, 

 upper half of head piceous, lower front pale, mouthparts dark. 

 Antennae pale with brownish intermediate joints. Prothorax wider 

 than long with curved sides and a transverse depression, alutaceous, 

 very finely and indistinctly punctate, entirely pale yellow brown. 

 Scutellum tan colored. Elytra with feeble costae along the sides, 



