Mr. J. S. Baly on new Genera and Species of Hispidsc. 269 



que lateral! rufis." (Sav, in Long's Expedition, ii. Appendix, 

 p. 35.) 



Hub. Carolina, Rocky Monntains, New York. In most col- 

 lections. 



I have never seen the variety given by Say in Long's Expe- 

 dition ; he mentions it as occurring plentifully amongst the 

 Itocky Mountains, together with a long chain of intermediate 

 varieties. 



MicrorJiopala Xerene^ Newm. 

 Hispa Xerene, Newm. Eut. Mag. v. p. 390. 



3/. elongato-ovatn, convexa, nigra ; thorace fortitcr punctate, vittis 

 duabus flavis ; clytris proftuide ]>imctato-striatis, utroque vitta 

 punctoque suba])icali flavis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Georgia ; Trenton Falls. 



British Museum (type) ; also in my own collection. 



The longitudinal vitta on each elytron occupies nearly the 

 whole of the fourth interstice from the suture, spreading over 

 the row of punctures on cither side, and extending from the 

 base to within a short distance of the apex of the elytron ; the 

 fulvous spot is placed close to the apex of the third interstice, 

 just below the termination of the fulvous vitta. 



MicrorJiopala ezcavata, Oliv. 



Ollv. LiM. vj. j). 775. II. 21>, pi. 2. fi^. 29. 



Hispa Erebus, Newman, Kntom. p. /7- (Type in Mux. Brit.) 



3/. clongato-ovata, convexa, nigra ; thorace profunde punctate ; elytris 



foveis pluriniis magnis seriatim disposiiis inistructis. 

 Long. 2-2 J lin. 



Hab. North America (East Florida). Collected by the late 

 E. Doubleday. In most collections. 



Microrhopala perforata, n. sp. 



M. elongato-ovata, convexa, uizra, nitida ; thorace (macula apicali 



excepta) elytroruuique niacuUs quatuor laite rubris. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. New Granada. 



Narrowly ovate, convex, shining black ; the thorax (extreme 

 lateral border and an apical patch excepted) and two patches on 

 each elytron bright rufous. Head with the forehead longitudi- 

 nally strigose; articulations of the four terminal joints of the 

 antennne indistinctly visible under a lens. Thorax more than 

 one-half broader than long, sides narrowly margined, slightly 

 sinuate behind, narrowed and sUghtly sinuate in front, above 



