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Show 178 MR. M. JACOBY O N N E W [Mar. 2, with the spots placed as follows :-one at each shoulder close to base, one surrounding the scutellum, four transversely placed before, four others in a semicircle behind the middle, and two near the apex close to the lateral margins. Underside fulvous, breast piceous. Two specimens in m y collection. 25. (EDIONYCHIS NIGRICOLLIS, sp. nov. (Plate XVIII. fig. 10.) Ovate, convex. Piceous below ; tibiae and antennae fulvous ; head and thorax black, rugose punctate; elytra fulvous, three transversely placed spots before and four smaller ones behind the middle, black. Length 2| lines. Hab. - ? Head longer than broad, deeply punctured at the vertex; lower part of face and the antennae fulvous ; third joint of the latter longer than the fourth, the rest thickened gradually. Thorax comparatively long, anterior angles produced into a short tooth, sides flattened ; surface closely rugose-punctate and finely granulate, black, with a greenish hue, the extreme lateral margins flavous. Scutellum black. Elytra convex, deeply and closely punctate, light fulvous or flavous, with part of the extreme base and the first third of the sutural margin (the latter widened behind into a round spot) black ; besides these marks each elytron has three other spots- one transverse-shaped before the middle, between the lateral margin and the sutural spot, and two behind the middle obliquely placed and of smaller size, of which the inner one is placed close to the sutural margin. Underside piceous; inner edge of the posterior femora aud the tibiae and tarsi fulvous. Two specimens in m y collection. 26. (EDIONYCHIS GODMANI, sp. nov. Broadly ovate, Dark brown; antennae obscure piceous, first three joints flavous; above flavous; elytra finely punctate, a basal transverse band and a large patch behind the middle on each elytron dark brown. Length 3|-4 lines. Hab. Costa Rica and Chontales (Nicaragua). Head with a fine longitudinal groove at the vertex, the latter impunctate dark brown; lower part of face flavous; encarpae but little raised ; carina short, swollen; antennae reaching to one third the length of the body, first joint much thickened, of almost equal size, second joint one third shorter than the third, the rest pubescent. Sides of thorax much rounded, anterior angles thickened and produced in shape of a short tooth ; surface impunctate, flavous. Elytra closely punctate, the punctuation diminishing towards the apex, flavous, the base being occupied by a broad dark brown band which does not touch the lateral margins, while a large round patch of the same colour is situated behind the middle, leaving the lateral margin and apex of the ground-colour. Entire underside and legs dark brown. |
