PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM PARAGUA1 18b 



other structural details pointed out, undoubtedly place this insect 

 in Coglierti, the other species of the genus of which are of me- 

 tallic coloration, of the present one I possess a single example 

 easily distinguished by its coloration. 



9. Paria Boggianii, sp. n. — Piceous, the basal joints of the 

 antennae and the legs fulvous, thorax aeneous, strongly punc- 

 tured, elytra distinctly punctate-striate, fulvous, more or less 

 with aeneous gloss; the margins, one or two basal spots and 

 a larger ovate spot at the middle, obscure aeneous. 



Var. a) Thorax fulvous, more or less distinctly marked with 

 aeneous gloss. 



Var. h) Above entirely greenish aeneous. 



Length 3 mill. 



Head greenish aeneous, minutely granulate, the vertex strongly 

 but not very closely punctured, the eyes surrounded by narrow 

 but deep sulci which meet in front above the clypeus, the latter 

 deeply punctured, antennae fuscous, the lower four or live joints 

 fulvous, terminal joints distinctly thickened; thorax subcylindricai, 

 scarcely broader than long, the sides nearly straight, the surface 

 strongly but not very closely punctured, entirely aeneous or 

 more or less fulvous with aeneous gloss, scutellum broader than 

 long, aeneous, elytra subcylindricai, broader than the thorax, 

 distinctly punctate-striate, the punctures much finer towards the 

 apex, the surface fulvous, the margins narrowly dark aeneous, 

 the base with one or two obscure spots, a large spot of irre- 

 gular shape is placed at the middle. 



Numerous specimens of this species were obtained , which 

 seems closely allied to P. maculigera, Lefèv. but that species is 

 described as having a smooth vertex of the head, the thorax 

 finely and remotely punctured at the middle and strongly so at 

 the sides, and the elytra as having another oblique spot near 

 the apex. In the present insect, all the elytral markings are 

 very obsolete, sometimes scarcely marked but in a few instances 

 much more distinctly so. The other two Brazilian species de- 

 scribed by Lefèvre likewise differ in having the head impunetate 

 as well as the thorax. The var. b) of P. Boggianii is of an en- 



