Soutli American sjjccies of D'lahrotica. 21 



lato ; elytris parallelis, ad latera plicatis, iitroque vitta lata dis- 

 coidali, a basi fere ad apicem extensa alba. 



Mas. Antennis corpore paullo longioribns filiformibus. 



F(EM. Autennis corpore brevioribus robustis. 



Long. 2— 2i lin. 



Hob. Brazil, New Friburg, $ . My collection ; Eio 

 Janeiro, S and ? , coll. Fry. 



Head not longer than broad ; clypeal ridge rather strongly- 

 raised, well-defined ; eyes in the c? large, prominent ; antennae 

 filiform and slightly longer than the body in the $ , the second and 

 third joints in the same sex very short, moniliform, the fourth 

 equal in length to the preceding three united ; antennge in the 5 

 shorter than the body, more robust than in the $ , the third joint 

 slightly longer than the second, the fourth shorter than the pre- 

 ceding three united. Thorax nearly one-fourth broader than long; 

 sides straight from the base to beyond the middle, very slightly 

 diverging in the S' > parallel in the other sex, thence obliquely con- 

 verging towards the apex ; disk trifoveolate, the third fovea less 

 deeply impressed than the other two. Elytra elongate, parallel, 

 strongly plicate below the himieral callus, rainutely punctured. 



Very similar in form to Diahrutica Foivleri ; separated 

 by the trifoveolate thorax. 



Spec. 30. Diahrotica cldoropus, Harold. 

 Ent., Hefte xiii., 1875, p. 90. 



Anguste elougata, postice vix ampliata, convexa, nigra, nitida, 

 antennarum articulis ultimis duobus, ultimi aj)ice excepto, albidis, 

 femoribus flavis, thorace trifoveolate, fovea posteriori minus dis- 

 tincta ; elytris ad latera plicatis, utroque vitta lata discoidali, a 

 basi ad longe pone medium extensa maculaque subapicali, testaceis 

 aut flavis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Brazil, Minas Gereas, St. Catharine {Harold) ; 

 Eio Janeiro {Fry) ; Coll. Fry and Baly. 



Head triangular, not longer than broad ; eyes large, prominent ; 

 clypeal ridge well-defined ; antennae equal to the body in length, 

 filiform, the second and third joints short, nearly equal, the fourth 

 longer than the preceding two united, black, the tenth and eleventh, 

 the apex of the latter excepted, white. Thorax slightly longer 

 than broad; sides parallel, slightly produced and rounded ante- 

 riorly, the anterior angle obliquely truncate ; disk trifoveolate, the 



