﻿NO. 
  1130. 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CHRYSOMELIDJE—LI^'ELL. 
  485 
  

  

  as 
  long, 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front; 
  sides 
  arcuate, 
  acutely 
  toothed 
  at 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  angles, 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  inside 
  the 
  strongly 
  

   reflexed 
  margin; 
  disc 
  convex, 
  j^olished, 
  with 
  very 
  sparse 
  minute 
  punc- 
  

   tures; 
  the 
  antebasal 
  transverse 
  impression 
  deep, 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  

   along 
  its 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  impressions 
  deep, 
  short, 
  

   between 
  the 
  antebasal 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  grooves. 
  Elytra 
  at 
  base 
  broader 
  

   than 
  thorax, 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides; 
  umbone 
  prominent; 
  disc 
  

   feebly 
  convex, 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  scutellar 
  and 
  nine 
  discal 
  strife 
  of 
  moderately 
  

   closely 
  placed 
  punctures, 
  coarser 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  but 
  gradually 
  finer 
  toward 
  

   apex; 
  intervals 
  nearly 
  smooth, 
  the 
  eighth 
  with 
  an 
  obtuse 
  carina 
  from 
  

   the 
  umbone 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  apex. 
  Prosternum 
  sparsely 
  punctuate 
  in 
  front, 
  

   coarsely 
  rugose 
  between 
  the 
  coxre. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  sparse 
  setiferous 
  

   punctures. 
  Length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  example 
  from 
  Eound 
  Knob, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   Messrs. 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz. 
  

  

  BRACHYCORYNA 
  PUMILA 
  Guerin. 
  

  

  Erachyeoripia 
  pumila 
  Guerix, 
  Ic, 
  Regn. 
  Anini., 
  lus., 
  p. 
  280. 
  — 
  Dejean, 
  Cat., 
  3d 
  

  

  ed., 
  p. 
  390. 
  

   Octotoma 
  pmnila 
  Gemminger 
  et 
  Harold, 
  Cat. 
  12, 
  p. 
  3610. 
  

  

  In 
  Biologia 
  Centrali- 
  Americana 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  Mexico, 
  

   Central 
  America, 
  and 
  Colombia, 
  and 
  Professor 
  C. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Townsend 
  has 
  

   collected 
  it 
  in 
  Brownsville, 
  Texas. 
  It 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  depressed 
  

   than 
  Stenopodius 
  Jiavidus 
  ; 
  the 
  antenntie, 
  head, 
  and 
  ventral 
  surface 
  are 
  

   deep 
  black, 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  and 
  legs 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  sparsely 
  maculate 
  with 
  

   black; 
  elytra 
  with 
  four 
  narrow 
  elevated 
  carina^ 
  and 
  ten 
  rows 
  of 
  deep 
  

   punctures. 
  The 
  antenntie 
  are 
  short, 
  strongly 
  clavate, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  not 
  produced 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  tarsal 
  joint 
  bifid. 
  

  

  