236 GALERUCELLA FUNESTA. 



GalerucellaiJ) fu nesta, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrow, subparallel, black; thorax deeply im- 

 pressed at the sides and middle; elytra finely pubescent, 

 irregularly and finely punctured , the sutural and lateral 

 margin , as well as a longitudinal discoidal narrow stripe , 

 whitish-grey. — Length 2 lines. 



Head not longer than broad , finely rugose at the sides , 

 the middle with a short longitudinal groove; the frontal 

 tubercles trigonate, distinctly raised. Antennae less than 

 half the length of the body, the second joint half the 

 length of the first, the third one longer than the fourth, 

 the terminal joints shorter and slightly thickened. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long , the sides angulate at the middle, 

 the angles produced in shape of a small tubercle , the pos- 

 terior ones placed at some distance from the posterior 

 margin , the surface at each side with a deep oblique depres- 

 sion which is finely pubescent within , the middle of the 

 disc shining, longitudinally depressed but interrupted by 

 another transverse depression near the base. Scutellum fi- 

 nely pubescent, its apex broadly truncate. Elytra broader 

 at the base than the thorax, closely and distinctly but 

 finely punctured, the punctuation divided here and there 

 by some obsolete longitudinal raised narrow ridges, finely 

 covered with greyish pubescence which assumes the shape 

 of a narrow whitish stripe from the shoulder to the apex 

 of each elytron , the sutural and lateral margin being also 

 marked with whitish hairs when viewed sideways , elytral 

 epipleurae continued to the apices ; underside and legs black, 

 finely clothed with greyish pubescence ; tibiae unarmed ; the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi scarcely longer than the 

 folloAving one; claws bifid, the inner division short; an- 

 terior coxal cavities open. 



Hah. Africa occ. : Congo river (Veth and v. d. Keilen). — 

 A few specimens. 



This curious little species, which may be recognized by 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, Vol. IX. 



