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Show 36 MR. MARTIN JACOBY ox X E W [May 12, antennae short and filiform, black, the lower two joints fulvous below, the apex of the last joint likewise of this colour, terminal joints slender, not widened ; thorax rather more than twice as broad as long, the sides straight at the base, rounded anteriorly, the anterior angles acute but not produced, the disc closely rugose-punctate at the sides, less closely punctured at the middle, dark greenish, with a small fulvous spot placed at the middle of the anterior margin; scutellum black; elytra with the greatest elevation near the base, strongly deflexed posteriorly, more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures larger at the sides near the base and crowded, the inner disc more regularly punctured in rows, dark greenish, with a rounded spot near the scutellum, a more elongate and larger spot near the apex, a transverse band at the middle (not extending to either margin), and the lateral margins from the base to the middle fulvous; the latter colour also extends to the epipleura? in the same degree; mesosternal process long and slightly curved. Hab. Colombia. (A single specimen.) Much smaller than D.fulgora St., and with entirely differently shaped fulvous markings. DORYPHORA SEXSPILOTA, sp. nOV. Testaceous, the underside and legs metallic greenish black; thorax impunctate, the disc greenish, the lateral margins flavous; elytra geminate punctate-striate near the suture, irregularly punctured laterally, the sutural margin, a small spot on the shoulder and two others near the suture, before and below the middle, metallic greenish. Length 10 millim. Head with a few fine punctures, green, opaque; antennae short, black, the lower joints fulvous below, terminal joints slightly widened ; thorax with feebly rounded sides, the anterior angles pointed but not produced, the middle of the disc impunctate, the sides finely punctured, flavous, the middle portion greenish, opaque, in shape of a broad transverse band, the sides of which are concave and acutely separated from the flavous portion; scutellum metallic green ; elytra strongly and very closely punctured, the punctures from the suture to the middle of the disc arranged in double rows, the sides irregularly punctate, the interstices raised into smooth longitudinal narrow lines, the suture narrowly metallic green, the shoulders with a A-shaped green spot, two other spots are placed between the third and fourth interstices before and below the middle; underside and le°-s greenish black, shining, the mesosternal process very short and blunt. Hab. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Three specimens.) DORYPHORA SUBMETALLICA, sp. nOV. ^Eneous, the head and thorax opaque, nearly impunctate ; elytra |