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and base of the fourth, the first four basal joints pale, joints five to 

 nine brown; in the female the first eight joints dark brown, the ninth 

 pale, the rest missing. In the female the third antennal joint about equal 

 to the fourth. Prothorax wider than long with almost straight sides 

 and a transverse sulcus, shining pale yellow brown with scattered punc- 

 tures. Scutellum pale. Elytra slightly wider towards apex, with feeble 

 costae, not so marked in the female, and dense but not contiguous 

 geminate-striate punctation; shining pale yellow brown with a broad 

 blue fascia in basal half of elytra and another before the apex, the 

 margins and apex being pale. Body beneath pale except for the brown 

 breast, femora pale, tibiae and tarsi dark brown, the tarsal claw 

 joint pale, all tibiae with a spine; anterior coxal cavities open, claws 

 appendiculate. Length 6.8-7.5 mm.; width 2.5-3.5 mm. 



Type, male, MCZ 30679; one paratype, female, USNM; both 

 from Peru. 



Remarks: This species with its narrow elongate shape and elytra! 

 blue fasciae resembles Neobrotica coeruleofasciata Jacoby, but the male 

 characters of the excavate face and swollen antennal joints place it 

 near denticornis and its relatives. Unlike the rest of the genus, the 

 third antennal joint in the female is the same length as the fourth. 



Eccoptopsis piceofasciata, new species 



Figure 95 



About 7 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, dull, alutaceous, the 

 elytra strongly punctate, the prothorax with a transverse sulcus, the 

 head in the male with the lower front depressed and with a small 

 shelf under each antennal socket, the elytra feebly costate, reddish 

 brown, the elytra with dark brown or piceous bands. 



Head with the interocular space half width of the head, occiput 

 punctate, a depression over the frontal tubercles, lower front de- 

 pressed; in the male with a slight shelf under each antennal socket 

 and a short spine in the middle of lower front; shiny yellowish or 

 reddish brown. Antennae with the basal joints pale reddish brown, 

 the intermediate joints dark brown, and the three terminal joints 

 pale yellow; in the male the third joint long but not swollen and at 

 the apex excavated, the fom-th joint at the base very slightly exca- 

 vated. Prothorax slightly shiny although alutaceous and finely 

 punctate, with a transverse sulcus, reddish or yellowish brown. 

 Scutellum pale. Elytra wider towards apex, strongly alutaceous with 

 feeble costae and strong punctures in the intervals; reddish or yellowish 

 brown. A dark brown or piceous band near the base, a median one 

 interrupted at the suture and a third near the apex enveloping a 

 large round pale spot on each elytron at the apex. Body beneath 

 entirely reddish or yellowish brown, with the tibiae and tarsi deep 



