34 Mr. Joseph S. Baly un the 



Spec. 55. Diahrotica transversa. 



Ovata, iiostice ampliata, sat valde convexa, flava, nitida, pectore, 

 scutello capiteque nigris, antennis ad basin pallidis, ad apicem albidis, 

 tibiis tarsisque pallide piceis ; thorace couvexo, integro ; elytris flavis, 

 j)laga magna basali ad marginem lateralem abbreviata, fasciaque 

 lata pone medium, extrorsum abbreviata, nigris. 



Long. 3 J lin. 



Hah. Brazil, St. Catliarine ; my collection. 



Head not longer than broad ; longitudinal ridge on clypeus 

 strongly raised ; antennae filiform, nearly five-sixths the length of 

 the body, second and third joints short, the third rather longer than 

 the second, the fourth longer than the preceding two united ; the 

 three lower joints piceous or nigro-piceous, the three upper ones, 

 the extreme apex of the eleventh excepted, white. Thorax one- 

 half broader than long ; sides nearly straight and parallel fi:om the 

 base to beyond the middle ; disk convex, its surface entire. Elytra 

 broadly ovate, dilated posteriorly, rather strongly convex, slightly 

 depressed transversely below the basilar space, minutelj' punctured. 



Broader than the preceding species ; otherwise closely 

 allied. 



Spec. 56. Diahrotica speciossima, Baly. 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., iii., p. 79. 

 Hah. Ecuador. My collection. 



Spec. 57. Diahrotica elegans, Baly. 

 L. c, p. 80. 

 Hah. Ecuador. In most collections. 



Spec. 58. Diahrotica data, Fabr. 



Syst. EL, i., p. 454; Oliv., Ent., vi., p. 660, t. 5, 

 fig. 79. 



Subelongata, postice ampliata, convexa, pallide flava, nitida, 

 pectore capiteque nigris, antennis sordide fulvis ; thorace convexo, 

 disco non foveolato ; elytris tenuiter punctatis, lateribus obsolete 

 plicatis ; utroque plaga magna basali commmii, ad latera abbre- 

 viata, alteraque transversa j^one medium postice emarginata, inter- 

 dum communi, nigris. 



Ilah. Cayenne. Not uncommon in collections. 

 Head not broader than long ; clypeal ridge ill-defined ; antennae 

 filiform, nearly three-fourths the length of the body, the second 



