452 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptio7is of 



nainini articiilo nono albo {articulis ulthnis duobus fractis). Long. 

 ■2i lin. 



Hab. Teapa ; collected by M. Pilate. A single 

 specimen. 



Vertex smooth, front impressed just above the encarpae with a 

 distinct fovea ; encarpaj thickened, transversely ti-igonate ; antennae 

 fihform, the last two joints broken off; the second joint more than 

 half the length of the third. Thorax about one-fourth broader 

 than long ; sides straight and diverging from the base to beyond 

 the middle, thence slightly rounded and converging to the apex ; 

 disk smooth, impressed on either side with a large deep fovea. 

 Elytra oblong, dilated from the base to the apex, the latter broadly 

 rounded ; upper surface shining, slightly irregular, finely but 

 distinctly punctured. Entire disk of each elytron broadly edged 

 with black. 



Diahrotica Oherthuri . 



Anguste oblonga, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, nitida, capite, 

 scutello, pectore, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; horum articulis ultimis 

 duobus antennisque apice castaneis, his basi flavis ; thorace 

 transverse, Isevi, transversim excavate, utrinque foveolato ; elytris 

 sat crebre punctatis, basi extrema, linea suturali, apice abbreviata, 

 vittisque duabus, una submarginali, a basi fere ad apicem extensa, 

 altera discoidali, utrinque abbreviata, nigris. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



Antennae slender, filiform, the third joint twice the length of the 

 second ; the three lower joints flavo-fulvous, the three upper ones 

 castaneous. Thorax about one-half broader than long ; sides 

 parallel and sinuate from the base to beyond the middle ; disk 

 smooth and shining, transversely excavated across the middle, 

 more distinctly foveolate on either side. Elytra oblong, finely but 

 distinctly punctured, the punctures on the disk subseriate. 



Diahrotica Paraensis. 



Elongato-ovata, postice pauUo ampliata, flava, nitida, capite 

 scutelloque nigi-is, pectore nigro-piceo; antennarum articulis 

 quatuor basalibus fulvis, tertio et quarto plus minusve piceo tinctis, 

 articulis quinto nee nou octavo et sequentibus tribus nigris, sexto 

 septimoque albidis ; thorace laevi, convexo, flavo-fulvo ; elytris 

 oblongis, sat crebre punctatis, nigris, utrisque limbo laterali, fascia 

 propc medium, utrinque abbreviata, maculisque duabus, pi-ima 

 infi-a basin, altera apicali, ad marginem adfisa, flavis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Amazons ; Paia. 



