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  Metachroma 
  rosae, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (fig. 
  3). 
  

  

  Fulvous 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  very 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  shining 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  

   and 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  basal 
  margin 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  black 
  ; 
  elytra 
  punctate- 
  

   striate, 
  with 
  black 
  markings 
  forming 
  a 
  subhumeral 
  black 
  patch 
  and 
  an 
  interrupted 
  

   irregular 
  transverse 
  black 
  band 
  behind 
  middle. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  longitudinal 
  line 
  between 
  eyes 
  to 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  occiput 
  black, 
  

   rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  irregularly 
  punctured. 
  Antennae 
  

   slender, 
  reaching 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  all 
  the 
  joints 
  fulvous. 
  Prothorax 
  

   broader 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  

   strongly 
  rounded 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  angle 
  slightly 
  dentiform, 
  sides 
  behind 
  middle 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Metachroma 
  rosae, 
  Bryant, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  slightly 
  constricted 
  to 
  base 
  ; 
  shining 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  and 
  central 
  

   portion 
  of 
  basal 
  margin 
  fulvous 
  (in 
  some 
  the 
  black 
  entirely 
  reaches 
  the 
  base). 
  

   Scutellum 
  subquadrate, 
  shining 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  subparallel-sided, 
  broadest 
  behind 
  middle 
  

   and 
  rounded 
  to 
  apex, 
  punctate-striate, 
  less 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  towards 
  apex 
  ; 
  a 
  

   subhumeral 
  irregular 
  black 
  patch 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  fourth 
  stria 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  eighth, 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin, 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  along 
  the 
  basal 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  stria 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  elytron 
  ; 
  the 
  

   interval 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  between 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  striae 
  is 
  black, 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  

   black 
  patch, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  irregular 
  transverse 
  black 
  band 
  behind 
  middle 
  interrupted 
  

   at 
  the 
  fourth 
  interval, 
  the 
  central 
  portion 
  forming 
  a 
  triangular 
  black 
  patch 
  at 
  the 
  

   suture. 
  Underside 
  and 
  legs 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  tooth 
  on 
  lower 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  middle 
  and 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  emarginate 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  near 
  apex. 
  £ 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  $. 
  

  

  Jamaica 
  : 
  Manchester, 
  25.V.1917 
  (A. 
  H. 
  Ritchie). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  forwarded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ritchie, 
  with 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  attacking 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  of 
  roses. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  M. 
  quadrimaculata, 
  Jac, 
  from 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  Family 
  Halticidae. 
  

   Genus 
  Zomba, 
  now 
  

   Elongate, 
  subparallel-sided, 
  depressed. 
  Head 
  slightly 
  transverse, 
  depressed, 
  not 
  

   constricted 
  behind, 
  slightly 
  narrower 
  than 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  labrum 
  transverse, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  

  

  