44 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



Spec. 76. Diahrotica glaucina. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1889, p. 93. 



Anguste ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, sordide fulva, nitida, 

 labro antennisque piceis aut nigro-piceis, his ad basin fulvis, ante 

 apicem flavo-albidis, articulo apicali nigro ; thorace convexo ; 

 elytris tenuiter sat crebre punctatis, ad latera plicatis, disco 

 exteriori ante medium obsolete longitudiualiter sulcato ; utroque 

 pustulis magnis quatuoi', longitudinaliter positis, fulvis, pustulis 

 duobus anticis plerumque confluentibus. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Cayenne. My collection. 



Head triangular, not longer than broad ; clypeus with the longi- 

 tudinal ridge strongly elevated, well-defined ; antemiEe filiform, 

 equal to the body in length, the second jomt short, moniliform, the 

 third slightly longer than the second, the fourth longer than the 

 preceding two united ; piceous or nigro-piceous, the three lower 

 joints fulvous, the ninth and tenth yellowish white, the eleventh 

 black. Thorax one-fourth broader than long ; sides nearly parallel 

 and slightly sinuate from the base to just beyond the middle, 

 rounded anteriorly, converging towards the apex; above convex, 

 shining, impunctate. Elytra narrowly oblong, very slightly dilated 

 posteriorly, their apices conjointly regularly roimded, convex, 

 finely and rather closely punctured, outer disk anteriorly with 

 several longitudinal sulcations ; plicate below the humeral callus, 

 subhumeral costa broad, extending downwards as far as the middle 

 of the elytron. 



Spec. 77. Diahrotica curvipustulata. 



Anguste ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, nitida ; subtus flava, 

 thorace femoribusque prasinis, tibiis piceo-tinctis ; supra prasina, 

 antenuis basi excepta, piceis ; thorace bifoveolato ; elytris crebre 

 puncta disco sulcis longitudinalibus leviter impresso ; utroqixe 

 pustulis flavis tribus ornatis, harum una basali, rotundata, secunda 

 humerali, ad disci medium fere extensa, intus curvata, apicem 

 versus ampliata, tertiaque sublunata, pone medium posita, fulvis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Colombia; Nicaragua (Jansow). Coll. Fry and 

 Baly. 



Head not longer than broad ; labrum fulvous ; eyes black ; 

 antennae filiform, nearly equal to the body in length, the second 

 joint short, the third slightly longer, the fourth rather longer than 

 the preceding two imited ; the basal joint pale green, the second 



