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in the non-convex elytral interstices and the more irregvilar 

 punctation. 



DORYPHORA PARAGUAYEXSIS, Sp. nOV, 



Metallic gi-een, the labrum and a spot at the vertex testaceous ; 

 thorax short and strongly transverse, the sides rngosely punctured, 

 the extreme lateral margins testaceous ; elytra flavous, strongly 

 geminate punctate-striate, the suture, the lateral margins, and a 

 discoidal stripe, from the base to below the middle, metallic 

 green. 



Length 10 milhm. 



Head sparingly and finely punctured, metallic green, a central 

 spot at the middle of the vertex and the labrum testaceous; 

 antennte extending to the base of the thorax, black, the basal 

 joints fulvous below, terminal joints widened; thorax at least 

 three times broader than long, the sides rounded, the anterior 

 angles not produced but acute, the disc sparingly punctured, the 

 sides strongly rugose-punctate, the extreme lateral margins and 

 the anterior angles testaceous, the surface bright metallic gi-een ; 

 scutellum of silky green appearance ; elytra not wider at the base 

 than the thorax, having their greatest elevations placed at the 

 middle, flavous, each elyti-on with about ten rows of deep 

 punctures, placed mostly in double rows, those near the suture 

 and the last submarginal row consisting of single punctures only, 

 a sutural band gradually narrowed towards the apex, the lateral 

 margins and a discoidal broad stripe also greatly narrowed 

 posteriorly and abbreviated at the apex, metallic bright green ; 

 underside metallic green, coxse and mesosternal process flavous, 

 the latter very shoi-t. 



Hah. Paraguay. (A single specimen.) 



Of nearly similar coloration as D. vinula Stal, but with geminate 

 punctate elytra, differently coloured thorax and underside. 



DoRYPHORA FLAVIMANA, Sp. nOV. 



Head and thorax flavous, each with four greenish spots, minutely 

 punctured ; elytra finely geminate punctate-striate, flavous, the 

 sutural and lateral margins, a spot on the shoulders, a transverse 

 dentate band below the base, and a transverse large spot below 

 the middle dark seneous ; underside and legs flavous, antennee 

 black. 



Length 10 millim. 



Head with a few very minute punctiu-es, flavous, with four 

 greenish spots placed svibquadrately, another very small spot is 

 situated at the edge of the clypeus ; antennte extending beyond 

 the base of the thorax, slender, black, lower two joints flavous 

 below, terminal joints but slightly widened; thoi-ax short, of 

 usual strongly ti'ansverse shape, the sides sti'aight at the base, the 

 surface with a few minvite punctures, flavous, narrowly margined 

 with greenish jeneous ; the disc with four greenish spots placed 

 transversely, the two middle ones larger and of elongate shape ; 



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