F. C. Bowditch.
The Phytophaga (except Cassidæ and Hispidae) of the Standford Expedition to Brazil.
Psyche 20:125-132, 1913.

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19131 - Bowditch-Stanjord Expedition to Brazil 1% THE STANFORD EXPEDITION TO BRAZIL, 1911, J. C. BRANNER, Director.
THE PHYTOPHAGA (EXCEPT CASSIDE AND HISPID2E) OF THE STANFORD EXPEDITION TO BRAZIL.
Through the kindness of Mr. Wm. M. Mann the Phytophaga as above, taken by the Stanford Expedition, have been placed in my hands for identification, the localities are stated in detail on page 72 in Mr. Wolcott's paper on the Cleridze. The collection is unfortunately small numerically in comparison with the number of species represented, but contains some interesting forms. The types and certain other specimens are in my collection. The numbers (in parenthesis) after some of the species are those affixed by Prof. R, Thaxter in his researches for Laboulbeniace~. In addition to the species given below there are a few unde- termined forms.
Lema sagittifera Lac.
gracilis Lac. (2212)
orbignyi Lac.
tceniata Bates
historionica Lac.
Megaacelis lacertina Lac.
near &go Lac.
near viripidallena Clk.
Pseudoch~amys mega~ostomoides Lac.
Chlamys hispidula mug.
Anomea humwigera Lac.
Pachybrachys contartus Baly
SP.
SP.
SP .
SP.
Scolochrus fallax Moritz
Monachus gemelh Suff.
near contractua Boh.
near contractus Boh.
Dachrya pusdlus Lac. ?
Natal 1
Par&, Independencia 2 (2212) CearA-
Mirim
Maranguape Mts. 3 .
I
Independencia 2
5
Independencia 1
Rio Madeira 1
Natal 113'
Porto Velho 1
Rio Madeira 1
1 Cearh 1
1 Maranguape Mts. 1
Natal 12
Independencia 3
1
1
2
1
6'
8
1 Cearh $2
Cearh 1
Independencia 1
1




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Megalostomis luctuosa Lac.
Proctophana tomentosa Lac,
Lamprosph~rus near hebe Baly
janthinus Lef.
SP.
Habrophora sp. ?
Coluspoides fulgurans Lef.
Colaspis a?ruginosu Lef .
14-costata Lef.
strigosa Lef .
suturalis Lef.
inconspicua Jac.
cribricollis Lef. ?
Podoxenus iripennis Bow. nov. sp.
limbatus Lef.
Metaxonycha pulchella Baly
Agbalus strigatus Lef.
Corysthea cribrata Lef.
Nodostoma fraterna Lef.
Chalcophana hilaris Germ.
A'odonotu sp. ?
Paria boggiani Jac, ?
Tgpoplzorus versutus Lef .
annulatus Lef.
Myochrous tibialis Jac.
Bohemanni Lef.
Biorus femoralis Lef.
Eumolpus surinamensis Fab.
Dorgphoru Fabricii Gu&,
12-guttata Fabr.
Cadomera cayanensis Fabr.
Dircenm septum Erich.
nigripenne Fabr.
GuZerucelZa sp.
3Ionocestu nigricornis Clk.
Cerotana congener Baly
excavata Baly
xanthopus Perty
sp. ?
arcuatu Oliv.
Neobrotica 6-plagiata Jac.
brasiliensis Bow. sp. nov.
Diabrotica tarsata Gahan
utromaculata Baly
[August
Porto Velho 1
Cearii 1
Independencia $2
6 c
1
Rio Madeira 2
CC
1
Porto ITelho 1
Rio Madeira 11
Natal 1
Rio Madeira 1
CearA 1
Inde~endencia~ CearAJ Natal 8
<<
8
Rio Madeira 1
Maranguape Mts. 1
Rio Madeira 1
6 6
2
Independencia-CearA 2
" -Manaos 2
Manaos 2
Itacoatiara 1
Cearii 1
Independencia-Cearh. Baturit6 Mts.
Maranguape Mts.
Independencia
Baturjt6 Mts.
Cearii
Rio Madeira
6<
6 6
Porto Velho
Rio Madeira
6 6
Manaos
Manaos
6C
Rio Madeira
c 6
C6
66
Independencia
<6
Rio Madeira
Rio Madeira
6 6
1
2
2
1
-Para
1
2
2
-Manaos-Porto
Velho
3
5
2 (2221)
-Port0 Velho
2
1
1 Q
1
4
1
1
2




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19131 Bowditch-Stanford Expedition to Brazil 127 lcirbyi Baly
significata Gahan
speciosa Germ.
rujolimbata Baly
confruterna Baly
sedata Baly ?
proximuns Baly
biz&da Kirsch
perplexa Baly
zelota Gahan
Paxcei Baly
Luperus neur subglabrata Jac.
Luperodes sp.
Herm~ophaga neur purvula Jac.
near teapensis Jac.
Systena near margenalis Ill.
Notozona balyi Jac.
Trichaltica nigripennis Bow. n. sp.
Disonycha glabrata Fab.
amazonica Jac.
Sparnus sp.
Luctrica citrina Har.
near femorata Jac.
selluta Baly ?
weisei Jac.
SP.
SP.
s p.
Homophyla adusta Har.
nigrita Duv.
variabilis Jac. ?
SP -
. Homophceta recticollis Baly
abbreviata 01.
biteniata Jac.
cequinoctialis Linn.
6-notata Ihr.
annuluris Ill.
Monoplatus ?
Asphwa elegantissima Schf.
ubbreviuta Fabr.
4-muculata Clark (var.?)
siebersii Ill.
fulcrata Erich.
Independencia-Cearh 3
cc
(many)
c c Baturith Mts.
< c
2
Rio Madeira 1
Independencia 9
Manaos 1
Independencia-Para 4
cc -Baturith Mts. 2
Par& 1
Cear& 1
Rio Madeira 1
Porto Velho (2220) 2
Rio Madeira 1
Rio Madeira -1ndependencia 2
Natal 6
Independencia 1
Rio Madeira 1
Cearh 5
Rio Madeira-Porto Velho 9
c 6
1
Rio Madeira 1
Independencia 1
Porto Velho 2 (2239)
Rio Madeira 1
1
Porto Velho 8
cc cc
4 (2219)
cd c<
1
Rio Madeira 1
Independencia 3
Rio Madeira 2
Cear& 1
Rio Madeira 2
c c
1
Manaos 6
Independencia, Porto Velho, Para 4
(2213 Para)
Manaos 1
1
Rio Madeira
Batwit6 Mts. 15
Rio Madeira 2 (2218)
c c
1 (2217)
c<
1
ParA 2 (2234)
Independencia 1




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128 Psyche
mdionychis umazona Bow. (inconspicua Jac.)Rio Madeira bukeri Bow. nov. sp. Manaos
bij'asciata hIy Rio Madeira
brunneri Bow. sp. nov.
6 6
12-notata Jac.
6 6
ingrutu Jac. Independencia
interrupto-vittuta Independencia
manni Bow. nov. sp.
Rio Madeira
ru$nu Ill. Parh
Independencia
scissa Germ. var.
Maranguape Mts,
turpis Jac. Porto Velho
zebruta Ill. Independencia
sufusa Bow. sp. nov. Rio Madeira
dipus Ill. Parh
Podoxenus iripennis sp. nov.
17ellow7 fulvous; mandibles, eyes, tarsi, upper half of 5 joint and joints 6, 7, and 9-10-11 of antenn~ black? thorax margined, strongly angdate at middle? elytra suffused with cyaneousy except at posterior third. Type 1 9 Rio Madeira length 63 mm.
Head shiny impunctatey except between the eyes where a deep transverse fovea shows a few punctures, labrum large almost squarey epistome broadly emarginate? vertex convexy thorax about half wider than longy strongly margined on the sidesy which are regularly and sharply angulate at the middley anterior angle sharp and prominent, surface shiny, coarsely and irregularly punctate, more crowded and semi confluent at the sides? elytra with a moderate subbasal depression? the surface thickly, rather coarsely punctured on the disk and behind and having a decided tendency to a geminate arrangement, the rows as usual becoming single towards the apex which is strongly costate, the cost= being continued as obsolete smooth lines for some distance forwardy the cyaneous coloring avoids the sutural and lateral edges as well as the apex and shows only as a faint coppery reflection? body beneath entirely pale, except for the dark tarsi and the extreme tips of middle .
and posterior tibi~.
The coloring of the elytra, the evenly angulate thorax and the sharply colored antennze will help to separate this form. Neobrotica brasiliensis sp. nov,
Head and thorax reddish yellow with a touch of green (thorax perhaps in living specimens green) antenn~ pallidy elytra pallid yellou~sh green, with a basal band broken into 4 spots? 3 wide median band dilated externally and a thick semi Iunate ante apical spot brownish black? feet yellowy tibi~ and tarsi brown, body below yellow with pectus bro~n.
1 Q Porto Velho
length 53 mm.




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1913] Bowditch-Stan$wa' Ezpedi!wn to &ad 129 Antem= yellow, apex and middle fwcous joinb 3 and 4 equal, thorax with II deep transverse lunate depression not atkining the margins, scutel dark brown. dytra semi shiiing, thickly punctate, the punctures ammgd prettr regdad y, in very close row, the fowr bad spots are arranged two on either side of the suture and not touchimg it end two humeral, the middk band shows a tendency to run up and down the suture to join the anterior ad posterior spob Super6cially membIes my specfmens of dmticwnia Jac (though &t the figure in Bidogia).
Efongate, very faint bronzy bld, thorax reddish yellom+, feet variable from bhck to more or less yellowish, elytra feebly costul~te with fine punctures geminate at the sides and subgeminate on the disk and airqle rowed behind. Type Garti length 34 mm.
The mouth and anteme in some examples are slightly fuscous, the punctuation of the thorax is coarse, even and quite thick and the sides anteriorly show rs slight sinwation, the pubeweme of the ely ha is uniform grayish arranged in lines, the bronzy color shown only faintly in a strong light. Larger than most of the described forms (except thammi Baly) and very like am unclescribed fom from -4rgentine in my co1lection. Testaceow, head very dark pica, base of antem= and apex of tibk and tarsi picwus, body beneath Hack, each elytm with two short, stmight black lines at the base, one humerd sublaterd, the other dmoat median, dm two smd ante zpicd bhck spob pImd obliquely, the outermost faint. Type, Marnos, Brad (1)
kn& 6 mm.
About the fom and size of pdpdis Jm, not much dilated md rather httened andelongate. Head smootherwith only a few punctures near theeye, frontal fove~ deep, eyes compamiively close, the whde space between mcupied by the fwee, frontal carina prominent betwzen the antem=, which are about half the length at the body, xape very dark piteous, Lhe next two or three joints shading off to ~ ~ e o u s , fourth joint slightly longer than the %bird, mouth pmrts almost light testaceow, thorax smmth shining, sides broadly depressed, anterior aq$es scarcely notched at the side, elyh smooth polished very minutely pmtulate, the bad bIwk marks are very mwrmv pardel sided hhck limes, the outer placed on the out- side edge of the humem and parallel to the margin and extending to the ~dh third, the inner lime is dm& medim, pwdld to the suture and the shorter of the two, the rear marks are at the beginning of the convexity, in he with the front marks, the inner a black dot, the outer II shin, apical third af the dytm spiwing!y diate. Many of the genus seem to show diteion the elytra to a greater or kss extent though it is rarely mentioned. My specimens of pdpaLi8 Joe. show it.



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Psyche
[August
CEdionychis manni sp. nov.
Testaceous, head and body beneath black, each elytron with two short, pointed, basal, black marks, the outer covering the humerus, the inner edge of the other touching the scutel, and two small sub-apical, obliquely placed black dots. Type, Rio Madeira, Brazil 1
length 7+ mm.
Again like palpalis Jac. and closely allied to Bakeri Bow. Head black with a
very deep frontal foveae, finely strigosely punctate at its upper edge and with scat- tered punctures except on the upper vertex which is smooth, frontal carina very marked between the antennae, which are half as long as the body and wholly testaceous, third joint slightly shorter than the fourth thorax as in Bakeri, elytra the same form as the last, shiny, smo~th, and very obsoletely punctulate, the basal black marks are about 1 to li mm. long, widest at the base and then gradually drawn to a fine point, the external covers the humeral umbone and the point is drawn down so as to be parallel with the lateral margin, which it nowhere attains, the inner mark touches the scutel and the pointed end is directed to the middle of the disk; the effect of this placing is that the two inner marks appear to be diver- gent; the feet, under side of the thorax and mesothorax are testaceous. CEdionychis branneri sp. nov.
Testaceous white, joints 1-3 of antennee more or less piceous, 3-10 black, thorax with front and rear edges (except the dilated lateral edge) narrowly piceous black, scutel cloudy, elytra with suture very narrowly piceous and on each side 5 piceous black spots as follows : a round dot on the humerus, a slightly larger one immediately behind, near the margin, a larger one to the right of the last and a little towards the base and equidistant between the first two and the suture a transverse bend at the middle, convex in front and barely attaining the suture, and a subquadrate ante apical spot, body beneath cloudy, legs clear testaceous. Type, Rio Madeira, Brazil 1 length 5; mm. Form that of albipennis Jac. Head with a transverse frontal fovese and well marked frontal carina, surface dull and almost impunctate, antennae a little longer than one half the body, the two apical joints markedly testaceous, thorax with broadly depressed sides and very slightly notched anterior angles, surface impunc- tate, elytra shiny, very obsoletely punctulate, the apex sparingly ciliate; the three first spots form a triangle of which the apex is the humerus, the middle spot is markedly convex in front, but only slightly convex behind. None of the spots attain the margin and only the extreme end of the middle spot encroaches on the suture. I place the species near parallina Jac. (Edionychis suffusa sp. nov.
Head black, clypeus, labrum and mouth parts falvous, antennae black, basal joints stained below with piceous, joints 3-4 equal, apical joint fuscous, thorax pale flavous, scutel flavous stained with piceous, elytra pale flavous, with a narrow sublateral piceous stripe, dilated at the apical end into a large ill-defined spot which does not attain either the margin or suture, thorax beneath yellow, rest of body



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19131 Bowditch-Stanford Expedition in Brazil 131 black,legs pale flavous, the tibiae and tarsi more or less pale piceous and the apex of the hind femora dark.
Type, Rio Madeira 1 probably c?
length 4; mm.
Head with a few small punctures near the eye, vertex smooth polished, thorax finely punctulate, sides broadly depressed, anterior angles very obsoletely notched, elytra only slightly dilated at the middle, oblong, finely and thickly punctured, the external edge of the piceous stripe is limited by the dilated margin, the internal edge is ill-defined and especially on the ante apical dilation shades gradually into the flavous ground color. The bicolored head with pale elytra and dark edge, and dark apex of the hind femora are the distinguishing features. Seems to be allied to tabida Jac. but is much smaller.




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