Phytopluiwits Culcuptcni y/'o//i Pei-u. 51.') 



tlic lateral margin, from below tlio middle to the apex, tlie 

 s|)aee below the base in front of the costaj is depressed by a 

 short transverse fovea on each elytron. Underside and thighs 

 fulvous, tibia? and tarsi shining black, 

 llab. Chanchamayo, Peru. 



This fine species Ijears a close resemblance to C. dimiduitd, 

 Baly, but cannot be a mere variety of that species on accoimt 

 of the different sculpture of its elytra, its uniform coloration 

 and its black tibia'. 



The elytral striaj in diiiudiatti are geminate, whereas in the 

 present species three pxrallel lines are placed together, the elytra 

 are imicolorous and the ;il)domen is fulvous. 



Chalciipliana unifusciata, n. sp. 



Oblong ovate, rufous; last seven joints of the antenna; and the 

 abdomen black, elytra punctate-striate, subcostate laterally, 

 metallic-green, the lateral margin anteriorly, a transverse fascia 

 in the middle and the extreme apex rufous. Length 4 lines. 



Head elongate, finely punctured and grooved longitudinally, 

 labrum testaceous, apex of mandibles black ; antenna? Avith the 

 first five joints shining, flavous, the rest opaque, black. Thorax 

 much wider at the base than at the apex, transversely convex, 

 sin- face Avith a few very minute punctures, shining rufous. 

 -Scutellum black. Elytra without basal depression, deejily 

 geminate punctate-striate from base to the middle, thence to the 

 apex very finely punctate, the intervals, near the lateral margin, 

 raised into short costas commencing below the shoulder and 

 extending nearly to the apex. Underside and the legs rufous, 

 abdomen black with a violet tint. 



llab. Peru. 



Easily distinguished from C. cincta, Harold, by its large size 

 and the colour of the underside. 



Otili'u * tarsalis, n. sp. 



Elongate, glabrous, greenish icneous ; antennn? and tarsi 

 testaceous ; thoi-ax sparsely pimctate, elytra geminate punctate- 

 striate, apex deeply sulcate. Length 3^ lines. 



*Lefcvre, Aun. Soc. Eut. France, 1S77. 



