BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 633 



mediate shortest; femora (especially posterior) stout, the posterior 

 ridged beneath and near the apex with a short and very sharp 

 spur concealed by the tibiaj when folded; tibiae widening to apex, 

 curved; tarsi spongiose beneath. Length 9, width 3^ mm. 



/r«6.— Galston (Mr. S. Dumbrell). 



Gallerucella McDoxaldi, n.sp. 



Head above, apex of femora, tibife and tarsi black; pronotum 

 and elytra testaceous-brown, lower surface and base of femora 

 dark red; above clothed with a short soft yellowish pubescence, 

 beneath more sparsely clothed; antennae, base of femora, tibiae 

 and tarsi with a short whitish pubescence; 3rd tarsal joint densely 

 covered beneath with yellowish seta?. 



Head coarsely and deeply punctured, except beneath; median 

 line very distinct, a transverse line between the eyes; antennae 

 inserted close to the median line and level with the front of the 

 eyes, not quite extending to the middle of the elytra, 2nd joint 

 half as long as 1st and 3rd, 3rd-7th gradually increasing, 8th-llth 

 gradually decreasing in length. Prothorax broadly transverse, 

 truncate at base and apex, widest in front of the middle, the 

 anterior angles slightly produced, the posterior produced obliquely 

 forward and pointed; coarsely and densely punctate, except at 

 the apex, largely depi-essed in the middle, the front and sides from 

 about the middle being raised and marking the depression. 

 Scutellum minutely punctate, about as long as its width at the base, 

 narrower at the apex where it is truncate. Elytra densely 

 punctate, but not coarsely as the prothorax, the sides gradually 

 increasing in width to beyond the middle; seen from above with 

 the naked eye apparently covered with a series of minute tubercles. 

 Beneath scarcely punctate; a broad, shallow depression on each 

 side of the abdominal segments, the penultimate segment in the 

 male slightly incised in the middle. Length 6-8, width 3-4 mm. 



Ilab. — Armidale. 

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