﻿South 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  Diabrotica. 
  467 
  

  

  130. 
  Diabrotica 
  rubripetmis, 
  Erichs. 
  

   Wiegm., 
  Archiv., 
  1847, 
  i., 
  p. 
  168. 
  

  

  Ovata, 
  postice 
  ampliata, 
  convexa, 
  nigra, 
  nitida, 
  elytris 
  rubyis 
  

   thorace 
  bifoveolato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  subcrebre 
  punctatis. 
  

   Long. 
  5 
  1 
  — 
  6^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Peru, 
  Chanchomayo 
  (Thamm). 
  

  

  Head 
  triangular, 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  

   strongly 
  elevated 
  ridge 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nearly 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  body 
  in 
  

   length, 
  filiform, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  short, 
  oblong, 
  the 
  third 
  twice 
  its 
  

   length, 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Thorax 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  

   sides 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  and 
  diverging 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  thence 
  rounded 
  and 
  converging 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  angles 
  slightly 
  produced, 
  subacute, 
  the 
  hinder 
  angles 
  

   acute 
  ; 
  disk 
  impressed 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  deep 
  foveas, 
  

   separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  space. 
  Elytra 
  gradually 
  

   dilated 
  posteriorly, 
  rounded 
  conjointly 
  at 
  their 
  apices 
  ; 
  convex, 
  not 
  

   excavated 
  below 
  the 
  basilar 
  space, 
  distinctly 
  but 
  not 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured. 
  [Baly.] 
  

  

  131. 
  Diabrotica 
  butleri, 
  Baly. 
  

   Jonrn. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  xix., 
  p. 
  251. 
  

   Hab. 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  132. 
  Diabrotica 
  dimidiatipennis, 
  Baly. 
  

   Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  3rd 
  ser., 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  350. 
  

   Hab. 
  Peru. 
  

  

  133. 
  Diabrotica 
  intermedia, 
  Baly. 
  

   Journ. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  xix., 
  p. 
  252. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  134. 
  Diabrotica 
  saundersi, 
  Baly. 
  

   Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  3rd 
  ser., 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  350. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ecuador, 
  Quito. 
  

  

  135. 
  Diabrotica 
  dimidiata, 
  Baly. 
  

   Ann. 
  and 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  3rd 
  ser., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  270. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND, 
  1891. 
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  III. 
  (oCT.) 
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