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imj)unctate, llavmis, thc transverse sulcus doep, scutelluni tcstaceous; 

 c'Ivtra stronglv and closely i)unctm-cd, with a transveise riifous 

 Ol- dark bvown band occupying aboiit one third of tboir length 

 and connected with the similavly coloured lateral margins, tbc 

 rest of tbe disc testaceous; below and tbe legs of the latter colour. 

 The rufous elytral lateral margin in Ibis spccies is much 

 narrower tlian Ibe band at tbe base and extends to the a[)ical 

 angle; this insect bears some resemblance in coloration to several 

 spccies of .)lonolepfa and Diacanfha. 



Galerucella sericea sp. n. 



Below piceous, the head and thorax fulvous, tbe ibrnier 

 with one, the latter with three black s])ots, elvtra closely covei-ed 

 with green silky pubescence, legs fulvous spotted with blaek. 



Length 8—9 mill. 



Head very linely granulate, flavous, tbe vertex with a large 

 blaek spot, the base of tbe antennae likewise blackisb; antennae 

 short, black, the lower three Jnints fulvous, tbe third Joint one 

 half longer than the second, the fourth vnore elougate and the 

 longest, the following shorter, terminal joints slightly thinner, 

 not extending much below the base of the elytra; thorax about 

 twiee as broad as long, tbe sides subangulateh' rounded at the 

 middle, tbe posterior margin oblique at the angles, the anterior 

 angles obiuse, the disc with a very shallovv depression at each 

 side, sculptured like tbe head (minutely granulate wilb larger 

 ])unctures) flavous, a large round spot at the sides and a lougi- 

 tudinal band at tbe middle, black, seuteHum broad, llavous, ils 

 a})ex truncate, elytra extremely minutely punctured, with a short 

 longitudinal sulcus near the lateral margins below tbe middle, 

 the entire surface closel}' covered witb silky metallic greenish 

 pubescence; below piceous, very tinely pubescent, the margins 

 of the abdominal segments flavous, legs of the latter colour, the 

 femora at the middle and thc tibiae and tarsi blackisb, the meta- 



Stett. cntomol. Zeit. 1903. 



