﻿South 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  Diabfotica. 
  439 
  

  

  67. 
  Diahrotica 
  inter 
  ruptolineata, 
  Baly. 
  

   P.Z.S., 
  1889, 
  p. 
  91. 
  

  

  Ovata, 
  postice 
  ampliata, 
  convexa, 
  fulvo-flava, 
  nitida 
  ; 
  pectore, 
  

   scutello, 
  capitis 
  vertice, 
  ore 
  antennisque 
  nigris, 
  his 
  apice 
  albidis 
  ; 
  

   tborace 
  Itevi; 
  elytris 
  crebre 
  punctatis, 
  flavis, 
  utrisque 
  linea 
  dis- 
  

   coidali, 
  poue 
  basin 
  late 
  interrupta, 
  longe 
  ante 
  apicem 
  abbreviata, 
  

   alteraque 
  submarginali, 
  a 
  basi 
  fere 
  ad 
  apicem 
  extensa 
  nigris. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Brazil, 
  Tejuca 
  {Gray). 
  

  

  Head 
  triangular, 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

   longitudinal 
  ridge 
  ; 
  antennae 
  four-fifths 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  

   filiform, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  short, 
  submoniliform, 
  the 
  third 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  its 
  length, 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth 
  ; 
  black, 
  the 
  three 
  

   outer 
  joints 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   the 
  following 
  one, 
  piceous, 
  stained 
  above 
  with 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  

   scarcely 
  one-half 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  ; 
  sides 
  nearly 
  straight 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  diverging 
  fi'om 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  tlience 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  converging 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  

   thickened, 
  subtuberculate, 
  the 
  hinder 
  ones 
  acute 
  ; 
  disk 
  concave, 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate. 
  Elytra 
  oblong-ovate, 
  dilated 
  posteriorly, 
  

   regularly 
  rounded 
  conjointly 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  ; 
  convex, 
  not 
  excavated 
  

   below 
  the 
  basilar 
  space, 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  

   obsoletely 
  rugulose. 
  [Baly.] 
  

  

  68. 
  Diahrotica 
  delicula, 
  Erichs. 
  

   Wieg. 
  Archiv. 
  fiir 
  Naturg., 
  1847, 
  i., 
  p. 
  169. 
  

   Hah. 
  Peru. 
  

  

  69. 
  Diahrvtica 
  10-verrucata 
  (Chev. 
  MS.), 
  Bp. 
  n. 
  

   Capite 
  nigro, 
  subnitido 
  ; 
  antennis 
  fusco-ferrugineis 
  articulo 
  

   basali 
  piceo 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  fulvo, 
  nitido, 
  dorso 
  convexo 
  impunctato 
  ; 
  

   elytris 
  sat 
  dense 
  punctulatis, 
  nigris, 
  singulis 
  maculis 
  quinque 
  fulvis 
  

   (2, 
  2, 
  1) 
  posteriore 
  maxima 
  rotundata 
  ; 
  corpore 
  subtus 
  (prothorace 
  

   excepto) 
  pedibusque 
  nigris. 
  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Brazil 
  (Porto 
  Allegro). 
  

  

  Head 
  black 
  and 
  somewhat 
  glossy. 
  Antennae 
  dusky 
  ferruginous, 
  

   with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  pitchy 
  brown 
  and 
  shining. 
  Prothorax 
  trans- 
  

   verse, 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  disk 
  convex, 
  smooth 
  and 
  impunctate. 
  Elytra 
  

   slightly 
  dilated 
  posteriorly, 
  very 
  finely 
  and 
  rather 
  thickly 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  black 
  ; 
  each 
  with 
  five 
  fulvous 
  spots, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  are 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  middle, 
  two 
  at 
  or 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  fifth, 
  

  

  