250 
Psyche 
[Aug.-Oct. 
Var. a. The marginal marking absent, the three branches 
therefrom, representing three dots, a humeral, median and sub- 
lateral at apical two thirds, also the sutural stripe reduced to two 
common spots, scutellar and submedian. 
Type 4 examples Caracas, 1 Venezuela (probably Caracas) 
var. a 1 example Magdalena Columbia. 
Sn Lorenzo Mt. 8500 ft. vii-28-20 (M. Hebard) No. 151 from 
Mr. Frank R. Mason. Length 4 mm. Bow. coll. 
Head punctate with strong cross and longitudinal grooves, 
antennae reaching beyond the middle of elytra, joints 2, 3 small,, 
the latter slightly the longer, thorax with arcuate impression, 
deep at sides, obsolete behind, with marked longitudinal groove, 
the discal spot attains only the front margin and the sides form 
the ends of the arcuate depression, the whole surface is shiny 
but finely punctulate. The elytra dull without luster, or de- 
pression, with the black markings sharply defined, in some 
specimens the sutural edge is very narrowly darkened to the 
apex. In the var. the thoracic spot approximates to the basal 
margin. Seems related to intramarginalis Kirsch. 
Luperodes suturalis sp. nov. 
Very like hebardi only larger and very similar in looks and 
markings, the difference being the thoracic spot leaves only the 
lateral margins yellow, on the elytra the lateral stripe is much 
thicker and is submarginal, leaving the edge itself yellow, the 
sutural spots coalesce into a stripe a little widened before and 
behind, the general effect being to show the elytra black with a 
narrow lateral border or a sinuate median vitta on each side, 
joining at the apex, which is broadly yellow, sutural area lightly 
depressed behind the scutel. 
Type 3 examples Marcapata Peru marked n. i. m. in 2nd 
Jac. coll. Length 5 mm. Bow coll. 
Very closely related to hebardi, but the general effect is 
shiny not opake. In one specimen the black oclor shows a ten- 
dency to cross the yellow median vitta, the punctuation is very 
minute while the thorax shows 4 well marked fovese, 3 where the 
arcuate depression is, or should be, the 4th apical. 
