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  Mr. 
  Charlea 
  J. 
  Gabau 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  43. 
  Diahrotica 
  crihrata, 
  Gaban, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Sordide 
  flava, 
  antennis 
  (articulo 
  primo 
  subtus 
  excepto) 
  tibiis 
  

   tarsisque 
  nigris, 
  elytris 
  viridis 
  vel 
  viridi-cyaneis 
  ; 
  capite 
  subnitido; 
  

   prothorace 
  transverse, 
  nitido, 
  impuuctato, 
  dorso 
  utriuque 
  leviter 
  

   vel 
  obsolete 
  foveolato-impresso 
  ; 
  elytris 
  creberrime 
  fortiterque 
  

   punctatis. 
  Long. 
  8 
  — 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brazil 
  — 
  Petropolis 
  {J. 
  Gray). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  vs^ith 
  the 
  scape 
  miderneath 
  yellow 
  ; 
  third 
  joint 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Head 
  yellow, 
  somewhat 
  glossy 
  and 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  rather 
  

   short, 
  with 
  an 
  obtuse 
  transverse 
  elevation 
  below, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  very 
  

   short 
  median 
  ridge 
  passes 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  between 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  

   antennse. 
  Prothoras 
  yellow, 
  transverse, 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   very 
  feebly 
  curved 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  slightly 
  projecting 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  

   blunt 
  process 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  angles 
  ; 
  the 
  disk 
  glossy 
  and 
  

   impunctate, 
  and 
  very 
  faintly 
  impressed 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Elytra 
  

   metallic 
  green 
  or 
  bluish 
  green, 
  strongly 
  and 
  very 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   body 
  underneath 
  and 
  femora 
  yellow. 
  Tibige 
  and 
  tarsi 
  black. 
  

  

  44. 
  Diahrotica 
  cinctipennis, 
  Baly. 
  

   Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1886, 
  p. 
  449. 
  

   Hah. 
  Peru. 
  

  

  45. 
  Diahrotica 
  digna, 
  Gahaii, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Flava; 
  antennis 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  et 
  elytris 
  nigris, 
  his 
  limbo 
  

   externo 
  et 
  apice 
  flavis; 
  prothorace 
  transverse, 
  nitido, 
  bi-impresso; 
  

   elytris 
  fortiter 
  creberrimeque 
  punctatis. 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Brazil, 
  Petropolis, 
  Eio 
  Janeiro. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  filiform, 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  towards 
  the 
  middle, 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  foui'th. 
  Head 
  and 
  

   prothorax 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  disk 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  feebly 
  punctured 
  in 
  places, 
  

   and 
  with 
  two 
  foveolate 
  impressious. 
  Elytra 
  strongly 
  and 
  xery 
  

   closely 
  punctured, 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  marginal 
  band, 
  slightly 
  increasing 
  

   in 
  width 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  flavous. 
  Femora 
  and 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   yellowish 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  black. 
  

  

  46. 
  Diahrotica 
  marginijpennis, 
  Gahan, 
  sp. 
  u. 
  

   Diahrotica 
  marginipennis 
  (Eeiche 
  MS.). 
  

   Sordide 
  flava 
  ; 
  antennis, 
  tibiis, 
  tarsisqiie, 
  et 
  elj'tris 
  nigris, 
  his 
  

   marginibus 
  lateralibus 
  et 
  apicalibus 
  flavis 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  transverso 
  

  

  