290 MR. M. JACOBY ON COLEOPTERA [May 21, 



Length l|-2 lines. 



Head very finely punctured at the vertex, with a transverse groove 

 between the eyes, the frontal tubercles broadly tri^onste ; the 

 clypeus triangularly raised ; antennae 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- 

 larly ; scutellum 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 tibise and the tarsi more or less fuscous ; tibiae with a 

 long spine ; the metatarsus of the posterior legs as long as half the 

 tibiae ; anterior coxal cavities open. 



Colonia Tovar and Caracas. 



Galertjcella 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 1-j— 2 lines. 



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 ; antennae 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 or darker fuscous ; tibiae 

 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. 



