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XIII. Characters of some undescrihed Species of Phyto- 

 phaga belonging to the Families Cassididse and 

 Hispid^. By J. S. Balt, F.L.S. 



List of Species. 



Cassidid^. 

 Dolichotoma distincta 

 Calaspidia Bacchus 

 Calaspidia connectens 

 Mesomphalia honorata 

 Batonota collaris 

 Batonota rifo-ornata 



HlSPIDiE. 



Alurnus ornatus 

 Eurispa Odewahnii 

 Eurispa normalis 

 Eurispa Howittii 



Nicaragua. 



Para. 



Upper Amazons. 



Bolivia. 



Upper Amazons. 



Nicaragua. 



Nicaragua. 

 South Australia. 

 Queensland. 

 Melbourne. 



Fam. CASSIDID^. 



Dolichotoma distincta. 



Late rotundata S , subrotundata ? , modice convexa, 

 subtus (cum capite) nigra, nitida, supra viridi-£enea, 

 subopaca, pube brevissima depressa adspersa; tho- 

 race fere impunctato, utrinque depresso, medio ten- 

 uiter canaliculato, antice leviter carinato; elytris 

 minus distincte rugoso-punctatis, antice retusis, 

 gibbosis, margine valde explanato (prsesertim in 

 medio S ) , obsolete transversim ruguloso, medio 

 macula magna insequali subrotundata ornato. 



Long. 7^ lin. 



Sah . — Nicaragua. 



Much larger than D. hiplagiata and its allied species, 

 its elytra more finely punctured and less rugose, being 

 nearly intermediate in punctation between D. puhescens 

 and hiplagiata. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. 1869. — PAKT I. (aPKIl). 



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