New Species of ChrysomelidcB. 347 



Sp. 14. Dor?jphora simulans. 



Breviter ovata, valtle convexa, nigra, thorace elytrisque flavo- 

 albis, illo tnaculis duabus, his margine, suturci anguste, fascia 

 lineariformi pone medium vittulisque, fascia interruptis, 

 nigris ; antennis, tibiis tarsisque, fusco-fulvis. 



Long. 5| lin. 



Caput nigrum, tenuiter punctatum ; labro flavo, palpis anten- 

 nisque fusco-fulvis. Thorax longitudine fere triplo latior, 

 apice valde excavatus, lateribus rotundato-angustatis, angulis 

 anticis obtusis ; supra convexus, flavo-albus, margine basali 

 maculisque duabus discoidalibus, basi conuexis, nigris, 

 tenuiter punctatis. Scutellum trigonum, laeve. Elytra bre- 

 viter ovata, valde convexa, flavo-alba, margine, basi et 

 sutura anguste, fascia lineariformi pone medium, suturd 

 abbreviate, vittulisque nigris ; utraque elytra horum octo 

 ante — septem post — medium ; vittulis tenuiter punctatis, inter- 

 sticiis Isevibus, sparse et obsolete transversim strigosis ; antice 

 prope suturam, punctorum stria disco concolori, altera que 

 juxta marginem medio nigrd. Corpus subtus nigrum ; coxis, 

 tibiis tarsisque fusco-fulvis. 



Brazil ? 



This species in colouring bears a striking resemblance to the 

 insects belonging to the genus Deuterocampta. 



Sp. 15. Doryphora Thomsoni. 



Subrotundata, valde convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, thoracis disco 

 elytrisque metallico-viridibus, oculis antennisque extrorsum 

 nigris. 



Long. 5^ — 6| lin. 



Breviter ovata aut subrotundata, valde convexa. Caput obso- 

 lete punctatum, rufo-fulvum, oculis antennisque extrorsum 

 nigris. Thorax longitudine plus duplo latior, apice valde 

 excavatus, lateribus basi subrectis, antice rotundato-angus- 

 tatis, angulis anticis acutis ; supra convexus, tenuiter punc- 

 tatus, metallico-viridis, lateribus rufo-fulvis. Scutellum tri- 

 angulum, laeve. Elytra thoracis basi pauUo latiora, breviter 

 ovata, valde convexa, minus tenuiter punctata ; tota metallico- 

 viridia. Corpus subtus rufo-fulvum. 



Ega, Upper Amazons. Collected by H. W. Bates, Esq. 



