36 MB. MAETIN JACOBY ON NEW [May 12, 



antennfe short and filiform, black, the lower two joints fulvous 

 below, the apex of the last joint likewise of this colour, terminal 

 joints slender, not widened ; thorax rather more than twice as 

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

 the anterior angles acute but not produced, the disc closely rugose- 

 punctate at the sides, less closely punctured at the middle, dark 

 greenish, with a small fulvous spot placed at the middle of the 

 anterior margin; scutellum black; elytra with the greatest 

 elevation near the base, strongly deflexed posteriorly, more 

 strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures larger at the 

 sides near the base and crowded, the inner disc more regularly 

 punctured in rows, dark greenish, with a rounded spot near the 

 scutellum, a more elongate and larger spot near the apex, a trans- 

 verse band at the middle (not extending to either margin), and 

 the lateral margins from the base to the middle fulvous; the 

 latter colour also extends to the epipleurse in the same degree ; 

 mesosternal process long and slightly curved. 



Hah. Colombia. (A single specimen.) 



Much smaller than D.fulgora St., and with entirely differently 

 shaped fulvous markings. 



DORYPHORA SEXSPILOTA, Sp. nOV. 



Testaceous, the underside and legs metallic greenish black ; 

 thorax impunctate, the disc greenish, the lateral margins flavous ; 

 elytra geminate punctate-striate near the suture, irregularly 

 pvinctured laterally, the sutural margin, a small spot on the 

 shoulder and two others near the suture, before and below the 

 middle, metallic greenish, 



•Length 10 millim. 



Head with a few fine punctures, green, opaque ; antennse short, 

 black, the lower joints fulvous below, terminal joints slightly 

 widened ; thorax with feebly rounded sides, the anterior angles 

 pointed but not produced, the middle of the disc impunctate, the 

 sides finely punctured, flavous, the middle portion greenish, 

 opaque, in shape of a broad transverse band, the sides of which 

 are concave and acutely separated from the flavous portion; 

 scutellum metallic green ; elytra strongly and very closely punc- 

 tured, the punctures from the suture to the middle of the disc 

 arranged in double rows, the sides irregularly punctate, the 

 interstices raised into smooth longitudinal narrow lines, the suture 

 narrowly metallic green, the shoulders with a A- shaped green 

 spot, two other spots are placed between the third and fourth 

 interstices before and below the middle ; underside and legs 

 greenish black, shining, the mesosternal process very short and 

 blunt. 



Hab. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Three specimens.) 



DoRYPHORA SUBMETALLICA, Sp. nOV. 



^neous, the head and thorax opaque, nearly impunctate ; elytra 



