194 Mr. J. S. Baly on the differential characters 



lateral margin thickened, broader in the middle, narrowed 

 at base and apex, bounded within by a deep, well-defined, 

 slightly-curved longitudinal groove. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, oblong-ovate, convex, the basal margin thick- 

 ened ; each elytron with ten rows of longitudinal stria?, 

 the first abbreviated before the middle, the third and 

 fourth, fifth and sixth and seventh and eighth, approxima- 

 ting in pairs; interspaces as strongly punctured as the 

 striae, in some specimens rendering the latter indistinct. 



Doryphnra ajjproximata. 



Late ovata, convexa, rufo-picea, nitida, thorace distincte 

 punctato ; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, olivaceis, 

 piceo limbatis, limbo subniarginali fulvo. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. — Parana. 



Head very minutely punctured; antennae more than 

 half the length of the body, very slightly compressed and 

 dilated towards the apex; the 4th to the 10th joints 

 nigro-piceous, the basal joint stained above with the same 

 colour. Thorax rather more than twice as broad as long ; 

 sides sinuate at the base, dilated and rounded before the 

 middle, the anterior angles mucronate ; disk finely and 

 distinctly but not very closely punctured. Scutellum 

 shining, impunctate. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax, broadly rounded at the apex; each elytron with 

 eleven rows of distinctly impressed punctures, the first 

 short, the tenth deeply sulcate, the eleventh, on the ex- 

 treme outer margin, less strongly marked than the rest; 

 interspaces near the suture on the outer margin and 

 towards the apex obsoletely convex; the whole limb on 

 each elytron rufo-piceous, bounded within by a narrow 

 flavous line, which is less defined along the suture than 

 elsewhere. Mesosternal spine nearly equal in length to 

 the meta sternum. 



Somewhat similar to D. hilimbata, but at once sepa- 

 rated by its much broader form, more strongly punctured 

 elytra, and the piceous coloration of its body and thorax. 



Doryphora Godmani. 



Rotundato-ovata, sat valde convexa, cnprea, nitida ; 

 thorace remote, tenuiter punctato ; elytris tenuiter scd 

 distincte punctato-striatis ; vitta iuterrupta sublaterali 



