272 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Nodonota cceruleata, sp. nov. 



Metallic dark blue ; basal joints of the antennae obscure fulvous ; 

 thorax very closely and finely punctured, the sides aciculate-punctate ; 

 elytra without depression, very finely punctured in irregular rows, the 

 interstices flat. Length, 3 mill. 



$ . Head minutely granulate, distinctly punctured between the 

 eyes, very sparingly so at the vertex and clypeus, the latter separated 

 from the face ; the labrum and the terminal joint of the palpi piceous; 

 antennas black, the lower five joints fulvous, the basal joint black 

 above ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight and 

 obliquely narrowed towards the apex, the anterior angles dentiform, 

 the surface subopaque, crowded with small punctures which are not 

 larger at the sides than at the middle, and rather evenly distributed ; 

 scutellum impunctate ; elytra subcylindrical, with an extremely feeble 

 depression below the base, punctured in irregular rows, which become 

 more remote and rather feeble below the middle, the suture accom- 

 panied by an impressed line at its apical portion, the sides likewise 

 with the punctured rows more distinct close to the margins ; below 

 and the legs blackish green, the tarsi black and strongly dilated at the 

 anterior legs. 



Hab. Terezopolis. 



This species, of which I only know the male sex, seems 

 closely allied to N. venustula, Lefev., but the labrum and palpi 

 in that insect are described as fulvous, the sides of the thorax as 

 rounded, and the punctuation of the elytra stronger at the sides 

 and apex than at the base ; none of these conditions agree with 

 the species before me. 



Nodonota subcenea, sp.nov. 



$ . Blackish aeneous below, above dark asneous or cupreous ; the 

 basal five joints of the antennas fulvous ; thorax finely but not very 

 closely punctured ; elytra very finely and subremotely punctate-striate, 

 with a basal depression, the interstices scarcely raised. 



? . Elytra with one small tubercle before and two others below 

 the depression. Length, 5 mill. 



Head rather strongly and closely punctured, especially so between 

 the eyes ; the clypeus still more coarsely punctate, not separated from 

 the face ; labrum black, basal joints of the palpi fulvous ; antennas 

 black, the lower five joints fulvous, the basal joint black above, the 

 sixth joint as long as the third one, this very slightly longer than the 

 second joint, terminal joint thick and elongate; thorax scarcely twice 

 as broad as long, narrowed in front, the sides evenly rounded, the 

 angles acutely produced, the disc finely and rather distantly, the sides 

 more closely punctured ; elytra convex, pointed at the apex, very 

 finely punctured in irregular rows, distinct to the apex, the interstices 

 at that place and at the sides very slightly raised, the shoulders 

 prominent, the base with a short transverse depression ; below and 

 the legs very dark asneous ; tarsi bluish. 



Hab. Colombia. 



