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widely punctured, the punctures more strongly impressed near 

 the sides and intermixed with minute punctures, of a bright 

 fulvous colour and very shining. Scutellum large, fulvous. 

 Elytra scarcely broader at the base than the thorax, very convex 

 and slightly widened posteriorly, covered with irregularly 

 arranged distinct punctures, the intervals aciculate and very 

 finely alutaccous, of a uniform black colour, with the extreme 

 apex narrowly fulvous. Underside and legs of the latter 

 colour, mesosternal process stout and straight. 



Doryphora transversofasciata^ u. sp. 



Broadly ovate, very convex, flavo-testaceous ; four spots on 

 the head, four transversely placed spots on the thorax, and two 

 deeply dentate bands across, the disc, together Avith two spots 

 near the apex of elytra piceous. Length 6 hues. 



Face obsoletely depressed in the middle, rather closely and 

 deeply punctate, two transverse spots each side at the base, a 

 triangular shaped one in the middle and another on the clypeus 

 piceous ; antenuce fiavo-testaceous, the last four joints black. 

 Thorax of the iisual shape, broadly depressed near each side, 

 siu'face closely covered with lai-ge and smaller punctures, the 

 base at each side and four spots across the disc piceous or fulvous. 

 Scutellum fulvous. Elytra wider than the thorax, very convex, 

 deeply but not regularly punctate-striate, the intervals minutely 

 punctured, testaceous, an oblique fascia from the shoulder to the 

 suture below the scutellum, consisting of four elongated connected 

 spots, another band behind the middle deeply dentate anteriorly 

 and posteriorly, extending from the margin to the suture, and 

 two quadrate spots near the apex piceous. Underside and legs 

 flavous, femora with an obsolete aeneous spot in the middle ; 

 mesosternal process short and stout. 



I lab. Peru. 



Doryphora elegantula, n. sp. 



Oblong ovate, very convex, greenish teneous, elytra punctate- 

 striate, testaceous, suture and lateral margin dark green sub- 

 metallic. Length 4 lines. 



Head broad, impressed with distinct punctures, Avhich are 

 more strongly marked near the base, although nowhere crowded; 

 lahrum fulvous, stained transversely with fuscous ; antennae a 

 little longer than the head and thorax, shining, dark green, the 

 apical joints opaque. Thorax transversely convex, the sides 



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