1S76.; 129 



Peionispa gemmata. 



Ouneiformis, suhdepressa, palJide plcea, nitida, pedihus pallide 

 fulvis ; supra metallico-viridis, antennis pallide piceis ; ihorace crehre 

 foveolato ; elytris profundefoveoJato-striatis, ad apicem costis nonnullis 

 instructis, late (hasi exceptd) piceo-limhatis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. : Batchian. 



Front produced betTreen the antennse into an angrdar projection, lower portion 

 of vertex coarsely punctured, eyes bordered above by a distinct groove. Thorax 

 Bubcylindrical, scarcely broader than long, sidea straight and parallel, notched at 

 base and apex, anterior angles armed with an obtuse tooth ; disc closely covered with 

 large round foveate punctures, their interspaces granulose ; on the medial line is a 

 longitudinal groove. Scutellum narrowly oblong, its apex obtuse. Elytra much 

 broader at the base than the thorax, oblong, gradually dilated from base to apex, 

 the latter truncate, its outer angle produced laterally into a large, flat, triangular, 

 obtuse spine, upper surface depressed along the inner disc, the humeral callus laterally 

 prominent ; flattened surface bounded on its middle third by a large oblong excava- 

 tion, the inner edge of which is costate ; apex of elytron with several short longitu- 

 dinal costse ; surface regularly and deeply foveolate-punctate ; interspaces finely 

 granulose-punctate, those on the outer disc thickened and subcostate ; surface of 

 excavation smooth and shining, not granulose, more or less tinged with golden. 

 Anterior pair of tibiae armed with a short spine within, near the apex. 



Dr. Chapuis has descr-ibed two species of this genus ; one, P. 

 nitida, from Java, has been previously cbai^acterized by Guerin under 

 the name of Sispa sexspinosa. 



GoNOPiroRA Chapuisi. 



Elongata,postice vix ampiliata, dorso depresso,fidva, nitida, antennis 

 elytrisque pone medium nigris ; thorace ante basin transversim excavato, 

 disco IcBvi, medio longitiidinaJiter sulcata, utrinque foveis nonnullis 

 tnagnis impresso ; elytris profunde imnctato-siriatis, interstitiis alternis 

 elevuto-costatis. Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. : Phihppine Islands. 



Antennae slender, three-fourths the length of the body, two lower joints short, 

 equal in length, the basal one sub-globose, piceous ; third joint nearly as long as the 

 two pi'oceding united, the fourth about equal in length to the third. Thorax broader 

 than long, sides nearly parallel at the base, rounded in the middle, converging and 

 slightly sinuate at the apex ; above, convex, deeply and broadly excavated transversely 

 at the base ; disc smooth, impressed in the middle with a short longitudinal groove, 

 and on either side with several deep foveate punctures. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, very sliglitly increasing in width towards the apex, the latter regularly 

 rounded, lateral margin minutely serrulate ; upper surface deeply and strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, the suture and each alternate interspace strongly costate, the third costa 

 less elevated than the rest, and obliterated for a great portion of its leligth ; inter- 

 etices between the punctures transversely costulatc. 



Warwick : September, 187G. 



