Phijtophagou,s Coleoptera, §'c. 257 



Diabrotica limhifera. 



Siibelongata, iiiticla, subtus flava, femoribus clorso, tibiis 

 anticis extus^ posticis quatuor totis tarsisque iiigris; supra 

 nigra, capite (antenuis exceptis) flavo-testaceis ; thorace 

 profuncle bifoveolato, lateribus anguste flavo-albis; elytris 

 irregulariter punctatis, rugulosis, limbo exteriori anguste 

 flavo-albido. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — Cliancliamayo. 



Head longer than broad, wedge-shaped ; encarpfe trans- 

 verse-quadrate, contiguous ; eyes large, prominent, black ; 

 antennas slender, filiform, the 2nd joint about half the 

 length of the 1st, one-third shorter than the 4th; basal 

 joint (its apex excepted) fulvous, the rest entirely black. 

 Thorax one-fourth broader than long ; sides straight and 

 parallel from the base to beyond the middle, thence very 

 slightly converging towards the apex ; disk distinctly but 

 not closely punctured, impressed on either side Avith a 

 large deep fovea, the space between them depressed. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, very slightly 

 dilated posteriorly, convex, flattened along the suture, 

 very faintly depressed below the basilar space, irregularly 

 punctured, interspaces rugulose. 



Diabrotica setifera. 



Obovata, convexa, nitida, nigro-asnea, pedibus piceo- 

 feneis, coxis femoribusque anticis quatuor flavis ; antennis 

 (basi picea excepta) nigris ; thorace transverso-quadrato, 

 lateribus parallelis, ante medium obsolete angulatis, 

 disco minute punctato ; elytris viridi-reneis, thorace 

 multo latioribus, postice ampliatis, convexis, minute 

 remote punctatis, setis erectis sparsissime vestitis. 



Long. If lin. 



Hab. — Chanchamayo. 



Head trigonate ; vertex metallic green, impunctate ; 

 encarpje thickened, transverse, contiguous ; clypeus trian- 

 gular, coarsely punctured, clothed with long silky hairs ; 

 carina ill defined ; antennas equal to the body in length, 

 slender, filiform, the 2nd joint foui'-fifths the length of the 

 3rd, the latter rather shorter than the 4th. Thorax one- 

 fourth broader than long ; sides straight and parallel, 

 obtusely angled before the middle, thence slightly con- 



