South American species of Diabrotica. 33 



bifoveolato ; elytris crebre punctatis, utroque annulo basali lineaquo 

 semilunata pone medium, nigris casruleo vix tinctis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Colombia, San Esteban. Coll. Jacoby. 



Head triangular, not longer than broad, rufo-fulvous, the labrtmi 

 and eyes black ; clypeal ridge nearly obsolete ; antennae filiform, 

 more than four-fifths the length of the body, the second joint 

 short, the third nearly one-half longer, the fourth slightly longer 

 than the preceding two united ; the third to the ninth black, the 

 rest fulvous. Thorax one-third broader than long ; sides slightly 

 produced and rounded just before the middle, rather deeply sinuate 

 behind the latter, obliquely converging and slightly rounded in 

 front ; disk nitidous, deeply bifoveolate. Elytra closely and rather 

 strongly punctured, faintly wrinkled on the middle disk; each 

 with a large annulus at the base and a semilunate fascia below the 

 middle, black with a faint metallic-blue tinge. 



Spec. 54. Diabrotica Reedii. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, nitida, pectore, 

 scutello capiteque nigris, antennis ad basin piceis, articulis ultimis 

 tribus, ultimi apice excepto, albidis ; thorace convexo, rufo-testaceo ; 

 elytris distincte, subcrebre punctatis, fascia lata communi baseos, ad 

 marginem abbreviata, et utroque maculis transversis duabus, una 

 vix ante medium, altera inter medium et apicem positis, nigris. 



Var. A. Elytrorum macula antica cum fascia basali con- 

 fluenti. 



Long. 3—31 lin. 



Hab. Bahia (Reed). Coll. Fry and Baly. 



Head triangular, not longer than broad ; clypeus with a broad 

 longitudinal ridge ; antennas filiform, robust and slightly exceeding 

 the body in length in the ^ , more slender and slightly shorter in 

 the $ ; the second and third joints in the ^ very short, equal, the 

 third joint in the 5 slightly longer than the second, the fourth in 

 both sexes longer than the preceding two united : the three or four 

 lower joints piceous, the three upper ones, the upper portion of the 

 apical one excepted, white. Thorax nearly one-half broader than 

 long ; sides slightly produced and rounded anteriorly, sinuate 

 behind the middle, convex, impressed but not closely, with fine 

 punctures. Elytra broadly ovate, dilated posteriorly, their apices 

 regularly rounded ; convex, transversely depressed below the basilar 

 space, distinctly punctured. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1890. — PART I. (aPIUL.) D 



