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legs flavous; the first joint of the posterior tarsi half the 

 length of the tibiae , the latter with a long spine ; elytral 

 epipleurae continued below the middle; anterior coxal ca- 

 vities open. 



Hah. Java: Batavia (Sijthofi). — Two specimens. 



The opaque, almost silky appearance and the uniform 

 brown colour of the thorax and elytra will help in the 

 recognition of the present species. 



Galerucella Hageni, n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate , pale testaceous , closely pubescent ; inter- 

 mediate joints of the antennae black ; head and thorax 

 finely punctured; elytra closely pubescent, the basal roar- 

 gin and a lateral narrow stripe extending to the middle , 

 fuscous. — Length 2^/^ — 3 lines, 



var. Elytra entirely pale testaceous. 



Head closely punctured, with a central longitudinal groove ; 

 the frontal tubercles obsolete ; clypeus triangular ; palpi 

 slender; antennae about half the length of the body, the 

 two basal joints fulvous , the five following ones black , 

 the four last joints testaceous , the third joint one half 

 longer than the second but shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 nearly three times as broad as long, the sides straight at 

 the base , subangulate before the middle , the angles not 

 produced ; surface with an obsolete lateral and longitudinal 

 central depression , closely rugose-punctate and finely pu- 

 bescent ; elytra rather convex , broadly ovate , very finely 

 and closely rugose and covered with rather long greyish- 

 white pubescence , the basal margin narrowly piceous and 

 connected with a similarly coloured stripe which commences 

 at the shoulder and extends to the middle ; tibiae unarmed ; 

 the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the two follow- 

 ing joints together ; claws bifid ; anterior coxal cavities open. 



Nab. Sumatra: Tandjong Morawa, Serdang (Dr. Hagen), 

 Moeara Laboe , Rawas and Lebong (Sumatra Expedition). — 

 A few specimens. 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum , Vol. IX. 



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