154 Mr. J. S. Baly's Descriptions of 



Rotundate-ovate, convex, piceous. Head finely punctured, an- 

 tennae, labrum and palpi rufo-fuscous. Thorax nearly three times 

 as broad as long ; sides rounded, narrowed in front, anterior 

 angles submucronate ; above finely and remotely punctured, 

 punctures on either side the disc more crowded and rather more 

 deeply impressed, lateral margin impunctate ; the anterior edge 

 and a broad space on the lateral border bright yellow, slightly 

 stained with piceous. Elytra rather broader than the thorax, 

 convex, each elytron with ten punctured striae, the first abbre- 

 viated, the strias severally composed of a double row of punctures; 

 yellow, the suture, the extreme outer limb and a transverse band 

 behind the middle, piceous; on each elytron in front are four 

 short piceous vittae, each vittse being formed, of two longitudinal 

 lines, confluent at their base, the space between being more or 

 less stained with pale piceous ; behind the middle are also three 

 others, formed in a similar manner, the two nearest the suture 

 united at their apex ; near the apex is a short oblique piceous 

 line, confluent with the suture. Body beneath piceous, legs rufo- 

 fuscous, thighs more or less stained with piceous. 



Hab. Brazil. 



DorypJiora De Gandei. 

 Ovata, valde convexa, subtus viridi-chalybeata, supra nitido- 



cuprea; elytris tenuiter punctato-striatis, striis ad latera con- 



fusis, interstitiis distincte punctatis. 

 Long. 44 lin. 



Ovate, convex, viridi-chalybeate beneath, above shining cu- 

 preous. Head finely punctured, labrum fulvous; antennae half 

 the length of the body, bluish-black, two basal joints fulvous be- 

 neath. Thorax more than twice broader than long ; sides straight, 

 narrowed and rounded in front, anterior angles obsoletely mu- 

 cronate ; above sub-remotely and finely punctured, puncturing 

 rather deeper on the sides and base. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, very convex, rotundate-ovate, surface very finely reticu- 

 late-aciculate, finely and sub-remotely punctured, each elytron 

 impressed on its inner half with five or six regular rows of some- 

 what deeper punctures. 



Hab. Peru. 



Genus Leptinotarsa, Chev. MSS. 

 Lept'inotarsa porosa. 

 Ovata, convexa, nitido-aenea, elytris punctis magnis fortitef 



