sovie new species of Pliytophagoxis Coleoptera. 45 



Head very closely and finely punctured; antennD3 with the 

 four terminal joints but slightly thickened, distinctly longer 

 than broad, metallic dark blue, the three basal joints testaceous 

 below. Thorax slightly widened at the middle, the sides parallel 

 and straight, surface remotely punctured at the disc, but very 

 closely along the lateral and basal margins, each side with a 

 small round fovea. Scutellum elongate, smooth, metallic green 

 or blue. Elytra much wider than the thorax, parallel, mode- 

 rately convex, testaceous, the disc closely and rather regularly 

 punctate-striate near the suture, very irregularly and closely 

 punctured near the sides, a sutural l^and narrowed towards the 

 apex, a spot at the shoulder, another below the base near the 

 scutellum, two at the middle placed transversely, and a minute 

 spot near the apex, dark blue. IMesosternal process robust and 

 conical. 



Ilab. Colombia. Three specimens in my collection. 



Diabrotica olivacea, n. sp. 



Obscure fulvous below, finely pubescent ; aljove obscure dark 

 olive-green ; antenna^ fulvous, rather robust, second joint shorter 

 than the third. Thorax quadrate, impunctate, the sides narrowly 

 margined. Elytra minutely punctured and obsoletely costate, 

 the sides and aj^ex more distinctly green than the disk. Length 

 4 lines. 



Hab. Bogota. Collection Jacoby. 



Diabrotica 2>'>'olongata, n. sj). 



Flavous, below ; breast black ; finely pubescent ; above olive- 

 green ; eyes large, prominent ; antenna as long as the body 

 obscure piceous, pubescent, the two terminal joints fulvous. 

 Thorax impunctate, subquadrate. Elytra xery closely and finely 

 punctured, dark olive-gi'een, the lateral margins jjright fulvous 

 the base, a longitudinal stripe from the shoulder to the middle 

 a spot before and another behind the middle near the sutui-e 

 piceous. Length 4^ lines. 



Hab. Rio de Janeiro. Collection Jacoby. 



Diabrotica venezuelensis, n. sp. 



Bright green. Head and antennae black, the ninth and tenth 

 joints of the latter whitish. Thorax subquadrate, impunctate, 



