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Show 38 . MR. MARTIX JACOBY ox X E W [May 12, DORYPHORA HISTRIOXICA, sp. llOV. Greenish black, the head and thorax sparingly punctured; elytra regularly punctate-striate, the sutural and lateral margins greenish black and accompanied by a flavous, narrow stripe. Length 9 millim. Head with a few fine punctures ; labrum testaceous ; antenna? black, the basal two joints fulvous below, terminal joints widened ; thorax of usual shape, the sides straight, the anterior angles scarcely pointed, the surface finely and sparingly punctured at the middle, more strongly so at the sides; scutellum blackish ; elytra evenly convex, finely and regularly punctate-striate, each elytron with ten rows of punctures, a sutural and a more narrow lateral stripe greenish black, the third and the ninth interstice flavous, joined at the apex, the rest of the surface fulvous; the mesosternal process stout and curved. Hab. Bolivia. (A single specimen.) A small species, well distinguished by its system of coloration. DORYPHORA FRUHSTORFERI, Sp. nOV. Head black ; thorax impunctate, black, the sides and a spot at the anterior margin flavous; elytra finely geminate punctate-striate, flavous, the sutural and lateral margins and two rounded spots placed transversely below the middle black; underside black, legs and antennae fulvous. Length 10-11 millim. Head entirely impunctate, black, opaque ; labrum flavous; antennae extending to the base of the thorax, fulvous, the terminal joints transversely widened, the last one more elongate; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides slightly rounded, the surface entirely impunctate, black, a spot at the middle of the anterior margin and the sides (in shape of a subtriangular large spot) flavous; elytra very finely and regularly geminate punctate-striate, flavous, the sutural and lateral margins narrowly black, below the middle a black spot is attached to the lateral margins and a larger spot is placed between it and the suture; the underside black, the legs fulvous, with the posterior femora more or less stained with piceous, mesosternal process short. Hab. Espirito Santo, Brazil. Of this very distinct species I received two specimens from Mr. Fruhstorfer. DORYPHORA VIRIDIORXATA, Sp. 110V. Dark fulvous; thorax minutely punctured, with two broad metallic green spots or bands ; elytra strongly punctured in double rows, pale fulvous, each with a transverse broad metallic green band at the base and a triangular spot below the middle. Length 9 millim. Head extremely finely punctured, fulvous; the vertex with two small greenish spots ; antenna? entirely fulvous, the terminal |
