Mr. Balv on iwiv Phytophagous Coleoptei-a,. 1SP> 



thorax, enth-ely black, jaws and labrum also black, the anterior 

 edge of the latter emarginate. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 as long ; sides rounded at the extreme base, thence straight and 

 parallel to the apex, anterior angles acute, sHghtly produced 

 laterally ; surface very finely punctured, disc nearly glabrous, 

 sides sparingly clothed with fine whitish pubescence, Scutellum 

 closely covered with adpressed hairs. Elytra parallel, slightly 

 attenuated near the apex, sparingly clothed with fulvous hairs, 

 which are more crowded towards the apex, distinctly punctured, 

 the punctures arranged in ill defined longitudinal rows ; rufo- 

 testaceous, a narrow band at the base, aii interrujjted fascia across 

 the middle, together with an ill defined sub-apical patch attached 

 to the outer margin black. Bodv lieneath densely clothed witli 

 adpressed crenm coloured hairs. 



Mef/alostoniis cdrnilcu, mihi. 



Oblonga $ , oblong-ovata 9 j supra metallico-coerulea, tenuiter 

 pubescens, antennis nigris ; subtus nigro-coerulea, dense albido- 

 tomentosa, abdomine pallide piceo. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hal). Amazons. 



Head near similar in both sexes; vertex tumid; face excavated 

 between tlie eyes, and furnished with three longitudinal ridges, 

 one on the medial line, the others, one on either side, just -within 

 the inner orbit ; the lateral ridges are less regular than the 

 medial, and are rendered still less distinct by a number of 

 irregular, raised vitta^ ; anterior edge of clyi^eus slightly angu- 

 late-emarginate ; whole sui-face of head sparingly punctured ; 

 antennte black. Thorax with its basal lobe transversely trun- 

 cate ; sides abruptly diverging at the extreme base, thence 

 converging and very slightly rounded to the apex, anterior and 

 posterior angles acute ; above transversely convex, sub-cyhndrical 

 at the apex, distinctly punctm-ed ; on either side ju.st in front 

 of the middle is a deep obli([uely transverse depression ; surface 

 clothed throughout with fine siib-depressed griseous hairs, which 

 are more crowded on either side, and form an ill-defined lateral 

 patch. Scutellum trigonate, its apex rounded, surface finely 

 but distinctly punctured, covered with adpressed haii's. Elytra 

 more closely jjunctured than the thorax, clothed Avith similar 

 haii-s. Body beneath densely clothed Avith adpressed whitish 

 pubescence, which entirely conceals the colour of the surface. 



Ddrijphoru liihiiiata, mihi. 



OVdimga, convexa, piceo-fulva, supra praslua, antennis piceis : 

 elytris regulariter pimctato-strlatis, ;itris(pie vittu brevi suturali 



