918 MARTIN JACOBY 



^CHRYSOMELIDAE 

 65. I*aropsidLes pardalis, n. sp. 



Fulvous , the head and thorax closely and finely punctured, 

 elytra regularly punctate-striate, the interstices minutely punc- 

 tured, each with 6 round flavous spots 3. 2. 1. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head finely punctured at the vertex, antennae feeble, extending 

 a little beyond the base of the elytra, entirely fulvous; thorax 

 about four times broader than long, strongly narrowed in front, 

 the sides slightly rounded, the surface closely punctured the 

 punctures of various sizes but fine throughout and not more 

 strongly at the sides than on the disc ; elytra strongly punctu- 

 red in regular rows, the interstices also finely punctate, the 

 lateral margin with two rows of irregularly placed punctures, 

 the ground colour dark chestnut-brown, each elytron with 6 round 

 flavous spots of which three are placed at the base (the inter- 

 mediate one lower than the others) two transversely below the 

 middle and one at the apex; underside and legs fulvous. 



Garin Gheba. 



Although closely allied to P. flavopustulatus, Gebl. the pre- 

 sent species differs in the entirely fulvous antennae, the through- 

 out finely punctured thorax , the simply punctate-striate not 

 geminate-punctate elytra and the position of their flavous spots. 



66. I*aropsid.es nig-ropvinctatus , n. sp. 



Dark or paler fulvous, the head and thorax closely punctured, 

 the latter with four small black spots, placed transversely; elytra 

 finely and semiregularly punctured, each with a small black 

 spot at the shoulder another below the middle at the sides and 

 two^ placed transversely near the suture, anteriorly. 



Length 5 lines. 



Head closely punctured, apex of the mandibles black, antennae 



