South American Eumol'pidm. 507 



Colaspoides deccmlmeata, sp. u. 



. Fulvous, head and thorax extremely finely and closely punctured, 

 elytra more distinctly punctured, flavous, each with five narrow 

 longitudinal stripes and the suture anteriorly, dark brown. 



Var. All the elytral stripes short and interrupted. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head with a central longitudinal groove, closely and finely 

 punctured, the epistome triangular, separated from the face by 

 narrow grooves, closely and finely punctured, antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, entirely fnlvous, the terminal five 

 joints distinctly thickened and shortened ; thorax twice and a half 

 broader than long, the sides nearly straight, narrowed towards the 

 apex, the posterior margin strongly rounded, the surface punctured 

 like the head, fulvous ; scutellum dark fulvous ; elytra much more 

 strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures closely and 

 irregularly placed, the disc alternately striped with flavous and 

 brown, forming on each elytron five dark narrow stripes, of which 

 the intermediate one does not reach the apex, while the preceding 

 and following stripes are joined posteriorly, the same is the case with 

 the outer three at the base. 



Hah. Brazil, San Fanlo. 



The variety is much paler iu colon f and all the stripes 

 are interrupted ; this specimen is probably immature. 

 Both sexes are before me. 



Colasj)uidcs Jiavofasciata, sp. n. 



Dark brown, the terminal joints of the antennae black ; thorax 

 nearly impunctate, strongly transverse, elytra closely and finely 

 punctured, with a subsutural and lateral pale flavous longitudinal 

 stripe. 



Var. Elytra pale fulvous or testaceous, with or without the 

 flavous stripes. 



Length 7 milliui. 



Fern. Head very finely punctuitd, the clypeus not separated from 

 the face, the antennae not extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 fulvous, the terminal four joints black, third and the following two 

 joints elongate, nearly equal, apical joints short ; thorax rather more 

 than twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, the sides and the 

 posterior margin strongly rounded, the angles acute, the surface with 

 a few extremely fine punctures ; elytra strongly convex, closely and 

 finely punctured, the punctures of nearly equal size throughout and 



