400 MR. MARTI^f JACOBY OK NEW SPECIES [NoV. 28, 



head impunctate, frontal tubercles rather broad, clypeus short 

 and ridge-shaped ; eyes widely sejoarated, comparatively small ; 

 antennpe pale fulvous, the third and following joints elongate and 

 equal, terminal joints rather shorter ; thorax slightly narrowed 

 anteriorly, the sides broadly flattened, the margins scarcely 

 rounded, the anterior angles outwardly produced into a distinct 

 and rather large tooth, the siirface entirely impunctate ; elytra 

 with anteriorly rather broadly reflexed, lateral margins, without 

 basal depression, very finely and closely pvmctured ; under side 

 and legs rather darker than the upper surface, the metatarsus as 

 long as the following two joints together, claw- joint strongly 

 swollen. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Of this species, which may be known by the rather flattened 

 general shape, the short thorax with its broadly flattened sides, 

 and the entirely unicolorous upper and under sides, three specimens 

 are contained in my collection without special locality. 



ASPHiERA FEMORATA, Sp. n. 



Testaceous, the head and the breast piceous or black ; thorax 

 nearly white, impunctate; elytra obscure testaceous, nearly 

 impunctate ; posterior femora with a large white patch . 



Length 6-7 millim. 



Head with a few deep punctures near the eyes, the vertex 

 nearly black, the lower portion testaceous ; eyes large ; antennae 

 obscure fulvous or fuscous, the joints rather robust, the third 

 slightly shorter than the fourth ; thorax with the lateral margins 

 obliquely narrowed anteriorly, feebly rounded, the anterior angles 

 thickened and pointed but not dentiform, the anterior margin 

 straight at the middle, the sides gradually flattened, the disc 

 impunctate, yellowish-white, the sides sometimes stained with 

 testaceous ; scutellum piceous ; elytra with a distinct basal depres- 

 sion, extremely minutely punctured when seen under a strong 

 lens, obscure testaceous, the extreme sutural margins piceous ; 

 under side and the legs piceous, abdomen testaceous, the posterior 

 femora with a lai'ge yellowish-white oblong patch at the outer 

 portion, claw- joint moderately swollen. 



Hah. Pichinche, Colombia. 



A species not difficult to distinguish on account of the colour 

 of the thorax and of the posterior femora ; there are five spe- 

 cimens, before me, which show no variation in this respect. 



ASPH^RA DISCICOLLIS, Sp. n. 



Black ; thorax with broad sides, the latter testaceous, the disc 

 black, impunctate, anterior angles pointed ; elytra convex, widened 

 posteriorly, impunctate, testaceous ; breast, the legs, and the 

 middle of the abdomen black, sides of the latter testaceous ; 

 posterior femora but moderately thickened. 



Length 8 millim. 



Of convex, posteriorly widened shape ; the head black, im- 



