— 474 — 



43. D. circumpuncta. — Ovalis, nigro-violacea, supra opaca, subtus 

 cura pedibus nitida; macula tuinuta obsoleta capitis flavo-tcstacea; 

 thorace subtilissime, elytris subtiliter irregulariter geminato-seri- 

 atim punctulatis, serie punctorum distinctiorum raarginali- Long. 

 12, Lat. 9 milliin. — Brasilia. 



44. D. seladonia. — Ovalis, valde convexa, nitida, supra olivaceo- 

 virescens, subtus cura aiitennis, pedibus limboque elytrorum dilute 

 testacea; thorace subtilissime, elytris subtiliter striatö-punctatis, 

 punctis subtilissimis vix perspicuis interspersis. Long. 1 3, Lat. 

 9\ millira. — Cayenna. 



PHOSEICELA Er. 



1. P. vittata (Fabr.). — Ovalis, valde convexa, obscure chalybea, ni- 

 tida; thorace minus dense distincte punctato; elytris dorso seri- 

 atira, latera versus vage punctatis, margine inflexo, limbo orani 

 vittaque utriusque suboblique percurrente flavis. Long. 10 — II, 

 Lat. 7 — 7^ millim. — Cayenna, Surinam. 



Chrysomela vittata, Fabr.; Schh. Syn. Ins. II, p. 240. 13. 



2. P. ftavipennis (Er.). — Subovata, senea, nitida; thorace parce di- 

 stincte punctato; elytris flavescentibus, acervato-seriatim puncta- 

 tis, sutura aenea. Long. 8 — 11, Lat. 5j — 6A millim. — Peru. 



Proseicela ftavipennis, Er. Faun. Per. p. 156. 1. 



3. P. signifera. — Ovata, aeuea, nitida; thorace parce, distincte pun- 

 ctato; elytris pallide flavescentibus vel testaceis, acervato-seriatim 

 punctatis, sutura (basin versus latius), utriusque maculis 4 dorsa- 

 libus lineisque 3 exterioribus obliquis, anteriore angulata, nigro- 

 aeueis. Long. 11 — 13, Lat. 7 — 8 millim. — Columbia, Venezuela. 



ELYTEOSPH/ERA. Chevr. 



Corpus ovatura, valde convexum, subcompressum; antennis api- 

 cem versus sensim plus minus incrassatis et compressis; palpis arti- 

 culo apicali truncato, miuore; thorace parallelo vel retrorsum angu- 

 stato, longitudine raro duplo, srepius dimidio tantum latiore; elytris 

 valde convexis, parte supera cum margine inflexo angulum obtusum 

 formaute vel in hunc sensim transiente; pedibus longiusculis, articulo 

 apicali tarsorura unguiculisque simplicibus. 



1. P. wanthopyga. — Oblongo-ovata, nitida, chalybea; thorace rude 

 punctato; elytris anoque flavis, illis sat fortiter striato-punctatis, 

 interstitiis convexis. Long. 12, Lat. 7.\ millim. — Brasilia. 



2. E. brevinscula. — Ovata, chalybea, nitida; thorace rude, parcius 

 punctato; elytris limboque veutris versus apicem flavis, illis for- 

 titer remote striato-punctatis. Long. 8 — 10, Lat. 6 — 6j millim. 

 — Brasilia. 



3. E. Noverca. — Suboblongo-ovata, acnea, uitida; thorace rude pun- 

 ctato; elytris fortiter, dorso plus minus regulariter seriatim, latera 



