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Show 1889.] COLLECTED IN VENEZUELA. 291 The stripes of the elytra are often widened at their ends and often only indicated by spots. GALERUCELLA OBSCUROFASCIATA, n. sp. Obscure pale greenish, opaque ; antennae fuscous ; head and thorax finely granulate ; elytra finely pubescent, finely granulate-punctate, with two longitudinal pale narrow bands joined at the apex. Length l-rr-2 lines. Head broader than long, finely granulate, longitudinally grooved at the middle, greenish ; antennae short and robust, the third joint the longest, the following joints of nearly equal length, the base of each joint pale ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, the posterior margin sinuate at the middle, the surface with a shallow lateral and central longitudinal depression, coloured and sculptured like the head, clothed with extremely short hairs ; scutellum broad, its apex truncate ; elytra extremely closely and finely punctured, the green colour interrupted by two narrow longitudinal pale bands, united at a little distance from the apex, the lateral margin also pale, clothed like the rest of the surface with short whitish pubescence ; legs pale greenish testaceous. Hab. Colonia Tovar. Closely allied to G. alternata, Jac. (Biolog. Centr.-Amer.), but narrower and more parallel, the elytra more distinctly granulate and their design different in colour and pattern. GALERUCELLA FUSCO MACULATA, n. sp. Piceous, finely pubescent ; above obscure testaceous, clothed with yellowish hairs ; thorax with depressions at the sides and on the disk, finely punctured; elytra more distinctly punctured, obscurely spotted with fuscous at the base, the middle, and near the apex ; legs pale. Length \\ line. Head with a deep longitudinal groove at the vertex, the latter finely pubescent and punctured ; the clypeus smooth, transverse, and thickened; antennae short, distinctly thickened at the terminal joints, fuscous, the third joint the longest, the basal ones obscure fulvous ; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, the sides scarcely rounded, the posterior angles oblique, the disk obscure fuscous or piceous, clothed with short yellow pubescence, finely punctured, broadly impressed at the sides and near the anterior and posterior margin at the middle ; scutellum pubescent, its apex truncate: elytra more strongly and very closely punctured, clothed with yellowish pubescence, the basal portion, a small spot near the suture at the middle, and a larger spot near the apex, obscure fuscous ; at the middle of the base an elongate raised space is placed, a similar one is seen near the apex, the space in front of it is on the contrary depressed, and several other shallow depressions are situated near the lateral margin. San Esteban, Caracas. |
