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Show 1905.] OF PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 413 at the middle and another near the apex, as well as the lateral margins, flavous. Length 8-9 millim. Head black, shining, with a few deep punctures near the eyes ; the latter large, widely separated ; clypeus acutely triangularly raised, flavous; labrum black, with a row of punctures ; antennae long and slender, black ; thorax short and strongly transverse, the sides feebly rounded anteriorly, straight at the base, the anterior angles thickened and produced, the sides broadly flattened, with a thickened margin, the flat portion well defined from the convex surface, the latter impunctate, obsoletely transversely depressed or grooved near the base; scutellum broad, black; elytra with a distinct depression below the base, not perceptibly punctured, bright metallic blue ; the lateral margins, the epipleurae, and two narrow transverse bands flavous-of these the first is placed at the middle and extends quite to the suture, the second one is situated very near the apex, not quite extending to the suture and of slightly upward direction; metatarsus elongate, claw-joint moderately thickened ; the anterior femora more or less stained with flavous at the extreme base. Hab. Peru, Prov. Huallaga (G. A. Baer). Of this handsome species I have received several specimens from M. Clavareau, of Brussels. I know no other species with similar shaped and same number of bands. Elytra blue. ASPH.ERA TIBIALIS, Sp. 11. Pale flavous, the head, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi black ; thorax impunctate ; elytra metallic blue, impunctate. Length 7 millim. Head entirely impunctate, black; clypeus acutely raised, triangular, slightly stained with flavous, palpi robust; antennas extending below the middle of the elytra, black, third joint slightly shorter than the fourth; thorax with the sides gradually flattened, with narrow thickened margins, the anterior angles thickened but not dentiform and scarcely produced, the disc impunctate, flavous ; scutellum black ; elytra with a shallow transverse depression below the base, entirely impunctate, dark metallic blue, below flavous ; the tibiae and tarsi black, extreme base of the posterior tibiae flavous; claw-joint moderately thickened. Hab. Amazons, Of this species, distinguished by its system of coloration, five specimens are contained in my collection. Elytra with longitudinal fulvous bands. A sp iuer a f e r r u g in e o -v it t a t a , sp. n. E lo n g a te , subparallel, te s ta c e o u s ; th o ra x w ith s tron gly rounded and b roadly flatten ed sides, im p u n c ta te ; e ly tra w ith a narrow |
