New Species of Phytophagous Insects. 153 



Family MEGALOPID^. 



Genus Agathomerus, Lac. 



Agalhomerus Sallei. 



Sub-elongata, fulva, sparsim concolori-pubescens; antennis, ver- 

 ticis macula, altera thoracis disci, plagd magna utroque elytro, 

 raaculis pleurarum tarsisque posticis, nigris. 



Long. 3 — 3| lin. 



Sub-elongate, fulvous, sub-nitidous, sparingly clothed with 

 coarse hairs, body beneath more densely pubescent ; antennae 

 (their basal joint sometimes excepted), an obscure spot on the 

 vertex, an oblong one on the disc of the thorax in front, a large 

 patch nearly covering the disc on either elytron, some shining 

 spots on the pleurse, together with the hinder pair of tarsi, black. 

 Head finely punctured on the front ; face transversely grooved at 

 the base of the clypeus ; eyes and apex of jaws piceous, basal 

 joints of antennae sometimes bright fulvous. Thorax one-half 

 broader than long at the base ; sides notched at their extreme 

 base and apex, slightly rounded, narrowing gradually towards the 

 front ; above convex, narrowly margined at the base and apex ; 

 surface glabrous, smooth and shining, minutely and remotely punc- 

 tured. Scutellum triangular. Elytra broader than the thorax ; 

 sides parallel ; apex sub-acutely rounded, dehiscent at the suture ; 

 above convex, slightly flattened along the suture ; shoulders slightly 

 prominent, obtuse, surface coarsely and deeply punctured, spa- 

 ringly clothed with fulvous hairs. Beneath fulvous, more densely 

 covered with concolorous pubescence, three spots on either side 

 (one on the prothorax, the two others on the front and side of the 

 pleura) shining black ; posterior tarsi pitchy black, hinder pair of 

 thighs slightly thickened, ovate. 



Hab. Mexico. 



Collected by M. Salle. 



Family CHRYSOMELID^. 



Genus DoRYTHORA, Illig. 



Doryphora cruciata,* Stal, Ofvers. af Kongl. Vetens. Akad. Forh. 



1857, p. 57 (1858). 



Rotundato-ovata, valde convexa, picea, antennis pedibusque 



rufo-fuscis, thoracis lateribus et apice elytrisque flavis, his 



utrisque limbo anguste, fascia transversa vix pone medium 



vittulisque, piceis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



• See note at p. 161. 



