290 MR. M. JACOBY ON COLEOPTERA [May 21, 
Length 13-2 lines. 
Head very finely punctured at the vertex, with a transverse groove 
between the eyes, the frontal tubercles broadly trigonate; the 
clypeus triangularly raised ; antennze more than half the length of 
the body in the male, shorter in the female, fuscous, the base of 
each joint pale, the two or three basal joints sometimes entirely 
testaceous, the second and third joints nearly equal ; thorax one 
half broader than long, the lateral and the posterior margin strongly 
rounded, the surface very minutely punctured with an obsolete 
transverse depression at each side, the latter obscurely stained with 
fuscous, the middle with two or three smaller spots placed triangu- 
iarly ; seutellum piceous ; elytra scarcely more strongly punctured 
than the thorax, obscure testaceous, the extreme sutural and lateral 
margins piceous ; below and the legs testaceous, the apex of the 
posterior tibize and the tarsi more or less fuscous; tibize with a 
long spine ; the metatarsus of the posterior legs as long as half the 
tibiee ; anterior coxal cavities open. 
Colonia Tovar and Caracas. 
GALERUCELLA ORNATA, N. Sp. 
Pale greyish or fuscous, finely and closely pubescent ; thorax with 
a central and two lateral depressions ; elytra with three longitudinal 
more or less interrupted stripes and two apical spots fuscous. 
Var. Much paler, the stripes divided into spots. 
Length 13-2 ines. 
Rather variable in colour, of narrowly elongate shape, the head with 
a distinct longitudinal central impressed groove, closely pubescent ; 
clypeus strongly transverse and swollen, pale fulvous or testaceous, 
shining ; penultimate joint of the palpi widened, apical one short 
and conical ; antennz scarcely extending to half the length of the 
elytra, fuscous or nearly black, in some specimens testaceous with 
the apex of each joint darker, the second joint short, the third the 
longest, the following joints gradually diminishing in length, the 
intermediate ones slightly widened ; thorax twice as broad as long, 
the sides rounded at the middle, then rather suddenly constricted at 
the apex, the angles in shape of a small tubercle, the anterior margin 
straight, the posterior one slightly sinuate at the middle; the surface 
with a deep depression at each side and a more shallow one near the 
anterior margin, finely and closely covered with yellowish pu- 
bescence ; scutellum not longer than broad: elytra elongate, with a 
rather deep longitudinal lateral depression below the middle, closely 
covered with pale fuscous pubescence, sometimes with a slight ful- 
vous tint ; a sublateral and subsutural longitudinal stripe, the former 
interrupted below the middle, the latter extending nearly to the apex, 
three elongate spots between these stripes, a spot near the apical 
margin, and the apex of the suture, paler cr darker fuscous ; tibize 
unarmed ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi nearly as long as the 
three following joints ; claws bifid, the inner division rather short ; 
anterior coxal cavities open. 
Caracas, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello. 
