1889.] COLLECTED IN VENEZUELA. 291 



The stripes of the elytra are often widened at their ends and often 

 only indicated by spots. 



Galerucella obscurofasciata, n. sp. 



Obscure pale greenish, opaque ; antennae fuscous ; head and 

 thorax finely granulate ; elytra finely pubescent, finely granulate- 

 punctate, with two longitudinal pale narrow bands joined at the 

 apex. 



Length li-2 hnes. 



lit-ad broader tlian long, finely granulate, longitudinally grooved 

 at the middle, greenish ; antennae short and robust, the third joint 

 the longest, the following joints of nearly equal length, the base of 

 each joint pale ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, 

 the posterior margin sinuate at the middle, the surface with a shallow 

 lateral and central longitudinal depression, coloured and sculptured 

 like the head, clothed with extremely short hairs ; scutellum broad, 

 its apex truncate ; elytra extremely closely and finely punctured, the 

 green colour interrupted by two narrow longitudinal pale bands, 

 united at a little distance from the apex, the lateral margin also 

 pale, clothed like tlie rest of the surface with short whitish pubes- 

 cence ; legs pale greenish testaceous. 



Hab. Colonia Tovar. 



Closely allied to G. alternata, Jac. (Biolog, Centr.-Amer.), but 

 narrower and more parallel, the elytra more distinctly granulate and 

 their design different in colour and pattern. 



Galerucella fuscomaculata, n. sp. 



Piceous, finely pubescent ; above obscure testaceous, clothed with 

 yellowish hairs ; thorax with depressions at the sides and on the 

 disk, finely punctured ; elytra more distinctly punctured, obscurely 

 spotted with fuscous at the base, the middle, and near the apex ; 

 legs pale. 



Length H hue. 



Head with a deep longitudinal groove at the vertex, the latter 

 finely ])ubescent and |)unctured ; the clypeus smooth, transverse, and 

 thickened; antennse short, distinctly thickened at the terminal 

 joints, fuscous, the third joint the longest, the basal ones obscure 

 fulvous ; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, the sides scarcely 

 rounded, the posterior "angles oblique, the disk obscure fuscous or 

 piceous, clothed with short yellow pubescence, finely punctured, 

 broadly impressed at the sides and near the anterior and posterior 

 margin at the middle ; scutellum pubescent, its apex truncate : 

 elytra more strongly and very closely punctured, clothed with 

 yellowish pubescence, the basal portion, a small spot near the suture 

 at the middle, and a larger spot near the apex, obscure fuscous ; at 

 the middle of the base an elongate raised space is placed, a similar 

 one is seen near the apex, the space in front of it is on the contrary 

 depressed, and several other shallow depressions are situated near the 

 lateral margin. 



San Esteban, Caracas. 



