194- exociiomus. 



Hemispherical, light ochreous, oi' reddish ochreous ; opaque. 

 L. 1^ liri. S. Paulo. Probably a pale variety of some other 

 species. 



C. elytra ochreous with black marks, punctuation coarse and 

 sparse. S. America. 



Exochomus Jordani. 



Exochomus Jordani, Muls. Op. in. p. G7 (1853) T. 



Somewhat hemispherical, tolerably convex, ochreous yellow, 

 elytra coarsely but rather sparsely punctate ; head black, clypeus 

 ochreous; thorax reddish-ochreous, the base broadly black (the 

 black colour tridentate in front) ; elytra ochreous-yellow each 

 with 2 large black spots and 1 common quadrangular spot on the 

 suture before the middle; the 1st spot is just below the callus, 

 on a line with the sutural one; the 2nd discoidal, subapical, large. 

 L. 1^ lin. Brazil, S. Paulo (Chevrolat, Bates). 



Exochomus Dallasi, sp. n. 



Exochomus Dallasi, Muls. MSS. 



Closely allied to E. Jordani in form and colour ; the punc- 

 tuation is a little fainter, the head ochreous, the thorax with a 

 narrow black basal border, abbreviated at each end; the elytra 

 are variegated with black; a large irregular common black spot 

 occupies the disc from the base to beyond the middle (enclosing a 

 small ochreous dot near the scutellum on each side), and a 

 smaller transverse common band at §, connected with the former 

 along the suture and by a narrow piece at its external margin 

 (thus enclosing another } T ellow dot). L. lj lin. Ega (Bates). 



Exochomus Adelse, sp. n. 



Exochomus A delce, Deyr. MSS. 



Hemispherical, tolerably convex, ochreous-yellow ; head and 

 thorax reddish-yellow, the latter finely punctured, surface aluta- 

 ceous, sides strongly rounded, the base with 4 equidistant black 

 spots, the inner pair connected by a basal line, also black; elytra 

 ochreous-yellow, sparsely and tolerably strongly punctate, mar- 

 gined, each with 8 black dots; 1 in the centre of the base (not 

 reaching it), 3 in a transverse line at \ (the 2 outer ones united), 

 3 in a series convex in front at § (the outer one largest), and 1 

 subapical, free; the suture narrowly edged with black ; scutellum 

 small, black; underside ochreous. L. 1J lin. Columbia (Deyrolle). 

 Allied to E. Jordani. 



Exochomus hypomelas, sp. n. 



Hemispherical, metallic black with a Blight shade of green, 

 shining, alutaceous. very sparsely and iiuely punctulate ; thorax 



