SPECIES OE THE GENUS DIABROTICA. 241 



I. Body ovate, dilated posteriorly, strongly convex ; elytra subven- 

 tricose, closely and coarsely punctured ; very variable in 

 coloration. 



59. DiABROTiCA Hebe, Baly, Trcms. Ent. So&. 1865, p. 348. 

 Type. Nigra, nitida ; vertice thoraceque trifoveolato rufo-piceis ; femo- 



ribus antennisque flavis, harum articulis quinque basalibus dorso 



piceis ; elytris castaueis, margine laterali, tertia parte postica, fasciaque 



vix pone medium sordide flavis. 

 Var. A. Elytra flava, fascia basali, alteraque vix pone medium violaceo- 



metallicis, cseteris ut in typo. 

 Var. B. Subtus flava; abdomine, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; antennarum 



articulis basalibus quatuor dorso nigris ; elytris castaneis. 

 Var. C. Subtus nigra, pedibus flavis ; supra castanea, antennis flavis, 



scutello nigro. 

 Var. D. Nigra, elytris ut in typo, sed signaturis castaneis fere obsoletis. 

 Var. E. Nigra, elytris fulvis, plaga scutellari fasciaque prope medium 



metallico-violaceis. 

 Var. F. Subtus seneo-nigra, supra cum pedibus nigra ; elytris flavis, 



fascia vix poue medium, utrinque abbreviata, metallico- purpurea. 

 Var. G. Nigra, abdomine seneo vix tiucto ; thorace nigro-piceo ; elytris 



castaneis, utrisque ante medium fascia obsoleta fulva, linea suturali 



alteraque marginali, hac ante apicem abbreviata, nigris. 

 Var. H. Nigra, abdomine seneo tincto ; elytris nigro-caeruleis. 

 ITai. Type and var. E, Bogota : my collection. Vars. A, B, C, 

 and H, La Vega : coll. Steinbeil. Var. D, Colombia : my collec- 

 tion. Yar. F, Fusagasuga : • coll. Steinlieil. Var. Gr, Paine : coll. 

 Steinbeil. 



J. Body subelongate, dilated posteriorly ; elytra black or nigro- 

 cyaneous, witli flavous markings. 



60. DiABEOTiCA Deyeollii, Ball/, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1865, 

 p. 347. 



Sal. Canaos : coll. Steinlieil. Magdalena Eiver : my collection. 



In H. Steinlieirs specimen the transverse band on the elytra 

 is separated into two subovate sj)ots ; there is also a narrow and 

 elongate additional spot, placed close to the outer margin and 

 parallel to the subbasal patcli ; lastly, tlie abdomen is piceous at 

 tbe base ; in all other respects it agrees with the type. 



61. DiABROTicA SPECTANDA. Subclongata, postice paullo ampliata, 

 convexa, fulva, nitida ; pectore, scutello capiteque nigris, antennis 

 piceo-fulvis, apice flavo-albidis ; thorace transversim convexo, Isevi ; 



