32 MR, MARTIN JACOBY OX NEW [May 12, 



DORYPHORA NIGROVARIANS, Sp. IIOV, 



Black ; thorax sparingly and minutely punctured ; elytra finely 

 geminate punctate-striate, flavous, a transverse curved band below 

 the base, another deeply dentate one below the middle not extending 

 to the suture, a small spot at the sides near the apex, and the 

 suture black, the latter widened into a sharp triangular mark 

 near the apex. 



Length 10 millim. 



Of somewhat flattened appearance, the head sparingly and 

 finely punctured, with a small fulvous spot at the vertex ; antennae 

 with the terminal joints broadly flattened, black, the lower three 

 joints flavous below ; thorax rather short, the sides strongly 

 rounded anteriorly, the extreme anterior angles fulvous, the 

 surface obscure greenish black, very sparingly and minutely 

 punctured, the lateral margins accompanied by a row of deep 

 punctures ; scutellum black ; elytra bright yellow, finely punctui-ed 

 in double or treble rows, except near the apex where the 

 punctuation is more irregular, the suture widened near the apex 

 into an anchor-shaped pointed mark, black ; below the base is a 

 transverse black band which cmwes upwards at the shoulders, 

 this band is widened near the suture, below the middle is another 

 deeply dentate transverse band which touches the lateral but not 

 the sutural margin, lastly a small black spot is attached to the 

 lateral margin near the apex ; underside and legs black, the 

 mesosternal process short and broad. 



Hah. Brazil. 



I do not know the exact locality of this well-marked species, of 

 which I possess a single specimen. 



DoRYPHORA SEMIVIRIBIS, Sp. nOV. 



Bright metallic green, the elytra fulvous ; thorax sti'ongly 

 punctured at the sides ; elytra semi-regularly and very deeply 

 punctured. 



Length 8 millim. 



Head metallic green, the vei-tex with a small fulvous spot ; 

 antennae with strongly widened terminal joints, black, the lower 

 three joints flavous below ; thorax short, more than twice as 

 broad as long, the sides straight at the base, strongly rounded 

 anteriorly, the angles not produced, the surface bright metallic 

 green, impunctate at the middle, strongly punctured at the sides ; 

 scutellum metallic green; elytra with the greatest elevation at 

 the middle, pale fulvous, almost foveolate-punctate, the punctures 

 arranged in two or three rows near the suture, more u'regvilai'ly 

 so at the sides, their epipleuree fulvous ; below and the legs metallic 

 gi'een, the mesosternal process very short. 



Hah. Costa Rica. 



This must be a rare species, as I have not come across it during 

 the progress of the Central- American monograph in the ' Biologia ' ; 

 it will find its place near D. signiceps Stal, from which it difiers 



