1905. ] OF PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA, 403 
nate, the surface impunctate, more or less black, the anterior 
angles broadly testaceous; scutellum black; elytra testaceous, 
finely and closely punctured ; under side and legs black ; the meta- 
tarsus as long as the following two joints together, claw-joint 
strongly inflated. 
Hab. Peru. 
Very closely allied in coloration to A. tarsata; but the head 
pale, the antenne slender, without widened and pubescent joints, 
and the metatarsus much shorter. Of this species I possess three 
specimens. The species is also closely allied to A. altifrons, but is 
much larger, and the anterior angles of the thorax are mucronate, 
the under side and legs are black. From both species the broad and 
blunt carina will distinguish the present one; it is more pro- 
nounced than in any other species I am acquainted with. 
ASPH#RA AMABILIS, sp. n. 
Black ; thorax short, transverse, impunctate ; elytra testaceous, 
extremely finely and closely punctured, the apical margins black. 
Var. Elytra unicolorous testaceous. 
Length 5 millim. 
Of posteriorly slightly widened shape ; the head black, shining, 
impunctate, the vertex sometimes marked with a testaceous spot, 
deeply transversely grooved between the eyes, the latter large; 
palpi testaceous ; antennee black, the third and fourth joints equal ; 
thorax short and transverse, the lateral margins rounded, the sides 
broadly flattened, this portion well separated from the disc, the 
latter impunctate, black, shining, the anterior angles produced 
outwards into a small tooth ; scutellum broad, black ; elytra slightly 
wider at the base than the thorax, convex, gradually widened 
posteriorly and without basal depression, testaceous, extremely 
closely and finely punctured, the extreme apical margins black ; 
under side and legs black, the metatarsus of the posterior legs as 
long as the following two joints together, claw-joint rather 
strongly swollen. 
Hab. Peru. 
The black head and thorax and the proportionately short shape 
of the latter well distinguish this species, of which I possess 
three specimens, two of which have the apex of the elytra black 
to a small extent and the vertex marked by a small testaceous 
spot; in the other specimen the spot and the black apex of the 
elytra are absent. 
Llytra with metallic transverse bands. 
ASPH/ERA CARILLOENSIS, Sp. 0. 
7 2 
Testaceous ; the head, breast, and the legs black; antennz long, 
fulvous ; thorax impunctate, anterior angles bluntly produced; 
elytra nearly white, impunctate, a transverse band at the base and 
another ‘narrower one, slightly oblique, metallic dark blue, both 
bands abbreviated at the sides. 
