NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 23 



Length 1 line. 



Head with a few remotely placed punctures, distinctly grooved 

 round the inner margin of the eyes. Episteme continued with 

 the front, subquadrate, its anterior margin deeply concave-emar- 

 ginate, surface with a few punctures. Labrum fulvous. Antennae 

 of the same colour, their outer joints obscure fuscous and di- 

 stinctly thickened. Thorax transversely convex, moderately de- 

 flexed near the anterior angles , the latter not produced, posterior 

 margin sinuate at each side , lateral margins evenly rounded ; 

 surface rather closely and evenly punctured, a row of punctures 

 is placed parallel with the posterior margin. Scutellum ovate. 

 Elytra not broader at the base than the thorax, very convex 

 and slightly narrowed behind , regularly punctate-striate , the 

 punctuation almost obhterated near the apex. Posterior pair of 

 tibiae distinctly notched. 



Celebes, Kandari, March (0. Beccari). 



Separated from those species described by M.^" Baly by its 

 bluish leaden colour and the entirely fulvous legs. The insect 

 was obtained in numerous specimens. Neither M.^' Baly nor 

 Chapuis mentions any groove round the inner margin of the 

 eyes which is plainly visible in all the species before me. The 

 antennae also are distinctly dilated at their apical joints, the 

 convex shape of the insect and the notched posterior tibiae pro- 

 ving the species to belong to this genus. 



CHRYSOMELIDAE. 

 5. IPlxyllocliixris Jaiisoni , Baly. 



Var. a. Femora fulvous, tibiae and tarsi metallic blue. 

 Var. b. Elytra violaceous blue , the lateral margin and apex 

 narrowly fulvous. 

 Hab. Australia, Cape York, Somerset (L. M. D'Albertis). 

 The specimens obtained by M.^' L. M. D'Albertis agree very 

 nearly with the description given by M.^' Baly and with some 

 specimens contained in my collection; some of them are howe- 



