Phi/tophagoKs Coleojytera, ^c, 251 



Asphcera Thammi. 



Ovata, postice vix ampliata, convexa, sordide fulva 

 nitida, pectore piceo, abdomine piceo tincto, scutello capite 

 pedibiisque (clypeo femoribus que anticis qiiatuor basi 

 exceptis), nigris; tliorace transverso, flavo-fulvo; elytris 

 tenuissime punctatis, nigro-cyaneis, limbo exterlori et 

 utrisque maculis diiabus, una propc medium transversim 

 ovata, secunda ante apicem, subrotundata, flavis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. — Peru. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate; front impressed on either 

 side near the eye with several large round punctures; 

 encarpffi subquadrate, contiguous ; lower portion of cly- 

 peus with a strongly-raised transverse ridge ; carina 

 elevated, linear, extending downwards to the transverse 

 ridge of the clypeus; antenna filiform, about four-fifths 

 the length of the body, the lower surface of the basal 

 joint with a fulvous stripe. Thorax more than twice as 

 broad as long ; sides parallel at the extreme base, thence 

 rounded and converging to the apex, the apical angles 

 thickened, produced anteriorly, subacute ; disk trans- 

 versely convex, minutely punctured (the punctures only 

 visible under a deep lens), the lateral margin broad, 

 reflexed. Scutellum not longer than broad, trigonatc. 

 Elytra broadly ovate, convex, faintly depressed below the 

 basilar space; nigro-cyaneous, very minutely punctured, 

 a large transversely ovate patch on the middle, a second 

 smaller and subrotundate near the apex, together with the 

 outer limb, flilvous. Hinder tibia armed before the apex 

 with a small acute tooth; basal joint of hinder tarsus 

 equal in length to the following two united, claw joint 

 strongly inflated. 



AspliCBra discofasciata. 



Elongato-ovata, modice convexa, nigra, nitida, facie 

 inferiori, thorace abdomineque sordide fulvis, antcnnis 

 piceis; thorace fulvo, nitido, macula transversa discoidali 

 nigra; elytris tenuissime punctatis, metallico-purpurcis, 

 limbo exteriori fasciaque prope medium fulvis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. — Peru. 



Encarpai and clypeus picco-fulvous, the latter con- 



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