PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM NEW GUINEA 479 



CHRYSOMELINyE 

 12. Platymela fixlvoplag-iata, sp. n. 



Fulvous, head and thorax distinctly punctured, the former 

 with three, the latter with 6 black spots (4. 2.) el^'-tra punctate- 

 striate, black, with four fulvous spots and a subsuturai longitu- 

 dinal stripe near the base. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head distinctly but remotely punctured, the sides of the ver- 

 tex with a round, the middle with an elongate spear-shaped 

 spot, antennae extending to the base of the elytra, fulvous, the 

 third joint elongate , the following ones slightly triangularly 

 widened; thorax twice as broad as long, the anterior margin 

 concave, the sides nearly straight, the surface rather convex, 

 somewhat remotely but distinctly punctured, fulvous, the lateral 

 margins at the middle, two spots at the middle of the basal mar- 

 gin, two below these and another spot at each side, black, scu- 

 tellum fulvous, elytra rather strongly punctate-striate, varied 

 with black and fulvous stripes and spots, the black portion in- 

 terrupted by an elongate subsuturai stripe which is placed an- 

 teriorly and curves round nearly at right angles outwards near 

 the basal margin ; of the fulvous spots, one is placed below the 

 shoulders, two, transversely below the middle and one near 

 the apex ; under side and legs fulvous, claws appendiculate, pro- 

 sternum elongate, emarginate at the apex, the anterior coxal 

 cavities open. 



Paumomu Riv. 



The elytral fulvous spots in this species, vary a good deal in 

 size and are much smaller in some specimens, the subsuturai 

 stripe also may be much reduced and is divided sometimes into 

 three nearly connected spots. 



