1312 COLEOPTEEA 



Pieuraltica. 



Nov. gen. 

 {Sha7-p ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, Nov., 1886.) 



Acetabulce anteriores apertas ; pronotuiai absque sulca transversa ; 

 tibiae posteriores ecalcaratae ; metasternum sat elongatum. 



It is not much allied to Phyllotrcta, nor apparently to any known 

 form. It has very long cmtenncs, eleven-jointed, with elongate basal 

 joint ; the front coxce are moderately separated, and the mcsosteniiuii 

 is very slightly impressed in the middle for the reception of the pro- 

 sternal process ; the metasternum is of normal length, and the hind 

 coxse rather widely separated ; the hind femora are moderately broad, 

 rather fiat ; the tibice are not grooved at the extremity, but their 

 superior external aspect is flat, and polished nearly up to the knee, 

 and its outer edge is finely and densely minutely ciliate near the 

 extremity; the epixAeurce are broad, and do not disappear till near 

 the extremity. The female has a raised plica on the elytra extend- 

 ing backwards from the shoulder; and in the male the epipleura3 are 

 broader and more deeply sulcate. 



OBS.^Dr. Sharp having proposed the above generic name for my 

 No. 1120, its name must now^ be altered to Pieuraltica cyanea. — 

 T. B. 



Group-GALERUCIDiE (Gen., p. 631). 

 Luperus. 



2304. L, oleareSB, "•■s- Oblong, slightly convex, shining, 

 bronzed-green, second and third antennal joints fuscous, remaining 

 joints blackish. 



Head more or less punctate, the raised antennal orbits smooth. 

 Antennce moderate, basal joiiit not much inflated, third longer than 

 second, fourth much longer than the preceding one, each of the 

 following joints about three or four times longer than broad. Pro- 

 thorax transversal, convex, its sides strongly but simply marginated, 

 and but little curved, front angles thickened but not prominent, 

 apex truncate ; its surface rather finely and distantly punctured, 

 without any very obvious depressions. Sczitellum smooth, blackish. 

 Elytra oblong, widest behind, apex rounded, each longitudinally 

 depressed inside the shoulders ; distinctly and rugosely punctate. 

 Legs with griseous hairs ; femora pitchy-brown, tibiae and tarsi 

 rufo-fuscous, posterior tibias curvate. Pygidiitm triangular, mode- 

 rately punctured. Underside seneous, not coarsely sculptured. 



Not unlike No. 1115 {Luperus viridis), but much more finely 

 sculptured, and destitute of distinct inequalities of surface. 



A variety occurs, fusco-aeneous, having slight depressions and 

 wrinkles on the thorax. 



Length, 2-2J lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Taken off the inflorescence of Olearea nitida on Mount Egmont, 

 elevation 3,500ft. 



