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Show 32 MR. MARTIN JACOBY ox NEW [May 12, DORYPHORA XIGROVARIAXS. sp. 110V. Black ; thorax sparingly and minutely punctured ; elytra finely geminate punctate-striate, flavous, a transverse curved band below the base, another deeply dentate one below the middle not extending to the suture, a small spot at the sides near the apex, and the suture black, the latter widened into a sharp triangular mark near the apex. Length 10 millim. Of somewhat flattened appearance, the head sparingly and finely punctured, with a small fulvous spot at the vertex ; antenna? with the terminal joints broadly flattened, black, the lower three joints flavous below ; thorax rather short, the sides strongly rounded anteriorly, the extreme anterior angles fulvous, the surface obscure greenish black, very sparingly and minutely punctured, the lateral margins accompanied by a row of deep punctures ; scutellum black ; elytra bright yellow, finely punctured in double or treble rows, except near the apex where the punctuation is more irregular, the suture widened near the apex into an anchor-shaped pointed mark, black; below the base is a transverse black band which curves upwards at the shoulders, this band is widened near the suture, below the middle is another deeply dentate transverse band which touches the lateral but not the sutural margin, lastly a small black spot is attached to the lateral margin near the apex; underside and legs black, the mesosternal process short and broad. Hah. Brazil. I do not know the exact locality of this well-marked species, of which I possess a single specimen. DORYPHORA SEMIVIRIDIS, Sp. nov. Bright metallic green, the elytra fulvous; thorax strongly punctured at the sides; elytra semi-regularly and very deeply punctured. Length 8 millim. Head metallic green, the vertex with a small fulvous spot; antenna? with strongly widened terminal joints, black, the lower three joints flavous below; thorax short, more than twice as broad as long, the sides straight at the base, strongly rounded anteriorly, the angles not produced, the surface bright metallic green, impunctate at the middle, strongly punctured at the sides; scutellum metallic green; elytra with the greatest elevation at the middle, pale fulvous, almost foveolate-punctate, the punctures arranged in two or three rows near the suture, more irregularly so at the sides, their epipleura? fulvous ; below and the legs metallic green, the mesosternal process very short. Hab. Costa Rica. This must be a rare species, as I have not come across it during the progress of the Central- American monograph in the ' Biologia'; it will find its place near D. signiceps Stal, from which it differs |