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Doryphora purpureo-fasciata n. sp. 



Black, head and thorax obscure purplish, the latter closely and 

 strongly punctured, elytra geminate punctate-striate, purplish, 

 the basai margin, a transverse band at the middle and two spots 

 at the apex, flavous. 



Length 5 lines. 



Head finely punctured, purplish, labrum flavous, antermae black, 

 not extending much further than the base of the thorax, the last 

 six joints flattened, the fourth and fifth equal, short; thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long, purplish-violaceous, the sides rather 

 strongly rounded anteriorly, the anterior angles acute, fulvous, 

 the surface rather remotely and strongly punctured at the dise, 

 more closely and finely so at the sides, the interstices irregularly 

 convex; scutellum nearly black; elytra closely and strongly gemi- 

 nate punctate-striate, the basai margin, a narrow transverse band 

 at the middle and two spots placed transversely near the apex, 

 tiavous, the rest of the surface in shape of two broad transverse 

 bands, purplish; underside and legs black, the mesosterrial process 

 long and straight. 



A single spécimen, differing from any of its allies with transverse 

 bands by the purplish colour of the anterior and posterior band and 

 the two flavous spots near the apex. 



Doryphora picturata Jacoby. 



A second spécimen of this species, described by myself in the 

 supplément to M r Whymper's book « Travels amongst the Andes 

 of Ecuador » is contained in this collection, proving the species to 

 be an inhabitant of the mountainous régions of South America. 



D euterocampta boliviana n. sp. 



Black, the head and sides of the thorax fulvous; elytra bluish- 

 black , finely punctate-striate, two spots at the base, a transverse 

 band at the middle and the apex, pale flavous. 



Length 3 1/2 lines. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, the middle portion flavous, antennae 

 extending beyond the base of the thorax, black, the basai joint 

 stained with fulvous below ; thorax more than twice as broad as 

 long, fulvous, the middle of the dise in shape of a longitudinal band, 

 black, impressed with a few punctures ; scutellum longer than 

 broad, black ; elytra with closely approached punctures arranged 



