68 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



Head subi'otuudate, dypeal ridge raised ; mouth and antennae 

 black, the latter fihform, equal to the body in length, the second 

 and third joints very short, equal, the fourth nearly twice the length 

 of the preceding two united. Thorax rather broader than long ; 

 sides rounded anteriorly, nearly parallel and sinuate behind the 

 middle ; disk impressed with two large deep fovese. Elytra 

 narrowly oblong, convex, strongly plicate below the humeral 

 callus, vei'y minutely punctured. 



Spec. 119. Diahrotica emorsitans. 



Elongata, postice pauUo ampliata, modice convexa, prasina, 

 nitida, tibiis, tarsis, labro antennisque nigris, harum basi scutelloque 

 piceis ; thorace profunde bifoveolato ; elytris subuitidis, fortiter 

 punctatis, leviter elevato-vittatis, vitta subhumerali magis fortiter 

 elevata ; utroque sutura, vitta submarginali, a basi fere ad apicem 

 extensa intus late emarginata maculaque inter medium et apicem, 

 ad vittam adfixa, piceis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Brazil, Eio Janeiro {A. Fry). Coll. Fry and 

 Baly. 



Head triangula'r, scai'cely longer than broad ; clypeus with a 

 broad ill-defined longitudinal ridge ; antennae slightly longer than the 

 body in the $ , rather shorter in the J , filiform, the second and third 

 joints very short and equal in the <? , the third rather longer in the 

 other sex, the fourth longer than the preceding two united. Thorax 

 about one-half broader than long ; sides slightly diverging and obso- 

 letely sinuate behind the middle, rounded and converging anteriorly 

 towards the apex ; disk moderately convex, deeply impressed on 

 either side with a large round fovea. Elj'tra narrowly oblong, very 

 slightly dilated towards the apex, the latter regularly rounded ; 

 upper surface moderately convex, slightly flattened along the 

 suture, coarsely and rather closely jiunctured ; each elytron with 

 five or six narrow slightly elevated vittae, the one below the 

 humeral callus much broader and more strongly elevated than 

 the rest. 



Spec. 120. Diahrotica minuta, Jac. 



Cist. Entom., ii., p. 526. 



Elongata, postice paullo ampliata, convexa, prasina, nitida, 

 pectore abdomineque viridi-flavis, vertice scutelloque nigris ; 

 tibiis, tarsis antennisqiie piceis ; thorace bifoveolato ; elytris ad 

 latera plicatis, crebre punctatis ; utroque linea angusta suturali, 

 vitta sublatcrali a basi ad medium cxtonsa. ad apicem intus 



