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Show 600 MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. [Nov. 16, Genus DESMOGRAMMA, Erichs. 59. DESMOGRAMMA MARGINELLA, sp. nov. Ovate, convex. Fulvous ; elytra punctate-striate, violaceous black, the lateral margin flavous. Length 3| lines. Head with a distinct central line and a few rather deeply impressed punctures; labrum testaceous. Antennae black, their five basal joints fulvous, the seventh to the eleventh joints gradually widened and thickened. Thorax transverse, three times as broad as long, sides straight near the base, slightly rounded near the apex ; surface distantly impressed with deep punctures, fulvous, the extreme base at each side stained with piceous. Scutellum elongate, smooth, fulvous. Elytra very convex, longer than broad, each elytron with six rows of rather regularly placed punctures on the inner disk ; rest of the surface confusedly punctate, nearly black, with a slight violaceous tint, the lateral margin narrowly flavous, this colour slightly widened near the apex. Underside and legs fulvous. Mus. Jacoby. Genus ELYTROSPH^ERA, Stal. 60. E L Y T R O S P H ^ E R A F L A M M I G E R A , St§l. HALTICLNJ;. Genus CRIMISSA, St§I. 61. CRIMISSA CRURALIS, Stal. Genus ASPICELA, Clark. 62. ASPICELA ALBOMARGINATA, Latr. 63. ASPICELA RUGOSA, Guer. 64. ASPICELA DISCOIDALIS, Clark. 65. ASPICELA CRETACEA, Latr. Genus GDDIONYCHIS, Latr. 66. G^DIONYCHIS SEPTEMMACULATA, Jacoby. Also Peru. 67. GSDIONYCHIS BIFASCIATA, Baly. Also met with on the Amazons. Genus RHOICUS, Clark. 68. RHOICUS MACULICOLLIS, sp. nov. Oblong-ovate. Flavous; antenn se (their two apical joints excepted), three spots on the head and five on the thorax, as well as the tibiae and tarsi, black; elytra subopaque, finely punctate-striate, testaceous, the sutural and lateral margins, and a basal, a central, and an apical spot on each elytron black. Length 4 lines. Head much longer than broad, with a few punctures at the base, |