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  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Gaban 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  punctate, 
  utrinque 
  foveolato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  late 
  oblongo-ovatis, 
  postice 
  

   ampliatis, 
  apice 
  subtruncatis, 
  sat 
  valde 
  convexus, 
  tenuiter 
  sed 
  dis- 
  

   tincte 
  subcrebre 
  punctatis, 
  fascia 
  communi 
  prope 
  medium, 
  ad 
  

   marginem 
  abbreviata, 
  margineque 
  apicali 
  flavis. 
  

  

  Mas. 
  Facie 
  inferiori 
  profunde 
  excavato, 
  concavo, 
  antennis 
  

   simplicibus. 
  

  

  FcEM. 
  Clypeo 
  convexo, 
  punctis 
  majoribus 
  uonnullis 
  impvessis, 
  

   basi 
  longitudinaliter 
  cariuato. 
  

  

  Long. 
  5i 
  — 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Eastern 
  Peru, 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  Antennse 
  slender 
  and 
  filiform 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  

   short, 
  oblong, 
  the 
  third 
  twice 
  its 
  length, 
  rather 
  longer 
  in 
  the 
  3 
  ) 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  nearly 
  equal 
  ; 
  flavous, 
  the 
  four 
  upper 
  joints 
  

   slightly 
  stained 
  with 
  piceous. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  broader 
  

   than 
  long 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  sides 
  slightly 
  converging 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   sinuate 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  middle, 
  thence 
  more 
  quickly 
  con- 
  

   verging 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  upper 
  surface 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  

   minutely 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctrures 
  only 
  visible 
  under 
  

   a 
  lens 
  ; 
  disk 
  impressed 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  fovea. 
  Elytra 
  

   broadly 
  oblong, 
  dilated 
  posteriorly, 
  their 
  apices 
  very 
  obtusely 
  

   rounded, 
  conjointly 
  subtruncate 
  ; 
  above 
  rather 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  

   slightly 
  depressed 
  on 
  the 
  suture 
  below, 
  the 
  basilar 
  space 
  finely 
  but 
  

   distinctly 
  pmictured. 
  [Baly,] 
  

  

  105. 
  Diahrotica 
  Stevensi, 
  Baly. 
  

  

  Journ. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  xix., 
  p. 
  248. 
  

  

  Cerotoma 
  DeyroleU, 
  Baly, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

   1866, 
  p. 
  477. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Colombia, 
  Magdalena 
  Kiver 
  ; 
  Venezuela, 
  Bogota. 
  

  

  106. 
  Diahrotica 
  imitans, 
  Jacoby. 
  

   P.Z.S., 
  1879, 
  p. 
  791. 
  

   Hob. 
  Venezuela. 
  

  

  107. 
  Diabrotica 
  Jekelii, 
  Baly. 
  

   Journ. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  xix., 
  p. 
  246. 
  

   Hab. 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  