4G Mr. jMartin Jacoey's descriptions of 



obscurely bifoveolate. Scutellum black. Elytra very closely and 

 finely punctured, obsoletely costate near the sides, bright green, 

 the siitural and basal margin, and a lateral narrow stripe from 

 the base to the ajjex, black; breast black; abdomen palo flavous; 

 legs green, tibiaj and tarsi black. Length 3^ lines. 



ITab. Merida (Venezuela). Collection Jacoby. 



Diabrotica distincta, n. sp. 



Elongate, widened behind; flavous; second and third joints 

 of the antennas very short, equal, basal joint and the ninth and 

 tenth flavous, the rest piceous. Head black. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, ini] unctate, llavous, sliining. Elytra A^ery finely 

 rugose-punctate, a triangular spot at the base joined at its end 

 to a transverse band at the middle, and another transverse band 

 before the apex, dark brown ; neither of these bands extend to 

 the lateral or sutural margin. Breast and the tibiie piceous. 

 Length 2 lines. 



Hab. Amazons (Dr. Staudinger). 



Diabrotica centralis, n. sp. 



Elongate, widened behind, fulvous or flavous; lireast and 

 head black ; antennse nearly as long as the body, fulvous. 

 Thorax subquadrate, piceous, margined with flavous, surface 

 iin]nuictate, obscurely bifoveolate. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 

 fiijely punctiu'cd, a spot at the shoulder, another sutural one 

 at the scutellum, two before, two behind the middle placed 

 transversely, and a seventh at the apex, black ; a narrow piceous 

 transverse band is placed between the first and second pair of 

 spots below the middle. Length 3 lines. 



I lab. Venezuela (Carracas). Collection Jacoby. 



Diabrotica oblovgoptinctata, n. sp. King. i. litt. 



Elongate, flavous. Head with a triangular black spot at the 

 base. Thorax quadrate, transversely depressed near the base, 

 impunctate. Elytra widened behind, each elytron with six 

 elongate spots, placed in two longitudnial rows of three spots 

 each, the outer ones somewhat larger than the others. Length 

 3 lines. 



Hab. Carracas. Collection Jacoby. 



