516 Mr, Mahtin Jacoby on 



Head deeply longitudinally sulcate in middle, widely but 

 deeply punctate, lower part of clypeus smooth, labrum fulvoiis; 

 antennae two-tliirds the length of the body, filiform, second joint 

 short, the others elongate of nearly equal length, uniformly 

 testaceous. Thorax transverse, anterior angles acutely produced, 

 sides distinctly angulate in middle, thence to the base straight, 

 surface deeply pimctate, the disc with only a few punctures, the 

 the sides a little more closely punctured. Scutellum smooth. 

 Elytra much wider than the thorax, much narrowed towards the 

 apex, deeply impressed below the base, shoulders very prominent 

 and obliquely truncate, produced outwards in the form of an 

 elongate tubercle ; distinctly geminate punctate, the interstices 

 near the lateral margin and at the apex raised into longitudinal 

 cost£e, very shining, greenish ajneous. Underside of the same 

 colour, tibia; piceous, tarsi testaceous, the anterior dilated. 

 Prosternum deeply bilobed. 



CHRYSOMELID^. 



Dorijphora opacicolli'<, n. sj). 



Ovate, convex, greenish-black; thorax opaque, elytra viola- 

 ceous-blue, or greenish, shining, deeply geminate puuctate- 

 striate, interstices aciculate. Length 6 lines. 



Head minutely granulate, distinctly but not closely punctate; 

 labrum fulvous, stained with fuscous, the first five joints of the 

 antenna? violaceous-blue, their tips fuh'ous, shining, the rest 

 opaque. Thorax with the sides anteriorly rounded, surface 

 punctured like the head, greenish-black, opaque and also finely 

 granulate. Scutellum smooth. Elytra a -little wider at the 

 base than the thorax, convex and evenly roimded, conspicuously 

 deeply geminate punctate, interstices acicTilate. Underside and 

 legs black, shining; mesosternal process long, slightly curved, 



Dorypliora fuhicoUis, u. sp. 



Ovate, very convex, fulvous ; elytra confusedly punctate, 

 black, extreme apex fulvous. Length 5^-G lines. 



Head finely punctured, fulvous, with a short longitudinal 

 groove at the base, labrum testaceous; apex of mandililes black; 

 antenna? robust, the last joints much flattened, as broad as long, 

 black, with a bluish gloss, the basal joint fulvous beneath. 

 Thorax rather deeply sinuate behind the eyes, the sides nearly 

 parallel, anterior angles acutely produced ; upper surface very 



