DEMOTISPA. 65 



and four anterior legs fulvous yellow ; the latter, with the base 

 and apex of the tibiae and their tarsi, nigro-piceous. 



Hah. Columbia. 



A single specimen in the Museum collection. 



Genus XIV. DEMOTISPA. Details, Tab. I. Fro. 14. 



Antennce (fig. 14 a) filiformes, modice robustte, articulis duobusbasa- 

 libus brevibus, longitudine fere aequalibus, primo obovato aut 

 subclavato, interdum paullo incrassato, secundo obconico, tertio 

 saepe elongato, caeteris subcylindricis, ultimo acuto. 



Lah-um (fig. 14 h) antice deelive. 



Mandibulce mediocres, apice j^lerumque elongato, subacuto. 



Palpi maxillares (fig. 14 c) articulo primo minuto, duobus interme- 

 diis obconicis aut obovatis, illo paullo ampliato, hoc ad apicem 

 incrassato. ultimo ovato, apice siibacuto ; lahiales (fig. 14 d) 

 articulo primo j)arvo, secundo obconico, ultimo ovato, apice sub- 

 acuto. 



Mention (fig. 14 e) subquadratum ; Jlgtda (fig. 14/) oblonga, mento 

 latior ; segmento uj)tcaU apice angulato. 



Thorax transversus seu subquadratus, lateribus plerumque expla- 

 natis. 



Scutellum (fig. 14(7) subpentagonum. 



Elytra oblonga aut ovata, subdepressa, lateribus modice explanata. 



Pedes breves. 



Corpus oblongum seu ovatum, subdepressum. (Type, Demotispa 

 pulchella.) 



1. Demotispa pallida, n. sp. 



D. oblongo-ovata, explanata, dorso subdepressa, fulva, nitida ; anten- 



nis extrorsum oculisque nigris. 

 Long. 21 Hn. 



D. oblong-ovate, subdepressed above ; outer sides of thorax and 

 elytra moderately dilated ; six outer joints of antennte and eyes 

 black. Head with a longitudinal ridge between the eyes ; vertex 

 transversely depressed ; antennae robust, shorter than half the 

 body, joints short. Thorax transverse, more than twice broader 

 than long ; sides dilated, rounded, narro'wing towards their apex, 

 narrowly margined, anterior angles obtuse ; apex concavely exca- 

 vated ; above moderately convex, sHghtly concave towards the 

 lateral borders, extreme outer edge of the latter reflexed; sides 

 covered with large round distinct punctures, disc finely and re- 

 motely punctiu'cd ; on either side the central line are several 

 indistinct impi-essions. Scutellum pentangular, its apex acute. 

 Elji;ra scarcely broader than the thorax at its base, subovate, their 

 lateral border moderately dilated in front, less distinctly so behind; 



