290 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Phytopliaga. 



Narrower and more elongate than the preceding species ; in sculp- 

 ture, form of head, (fee, precisely similar. The colouring of the 

 elytra appears to be very variable : the individual from which the 

 above description is taken has the surface of the elytra glabrous ; 

 but a specimen in the possession of Mr. Janson has the green por- 

 tion of the elytra sparingly covered with adpressed silvery hairs. 



Fam. Chrysomelidae. 



Genus Phtllocharis, Dalm. 



PhyJlocliaris ornata. 



P: elongata, convexa, nigro-ereralea, nitida; capite (palpis antennisque 

 exceptis), thoracis lateribus, prosterno, metasterno, abdominis margiue 

 elytrisque rufo-fulvis, his punctato-striatis, utroque vitta suturali 

 apice dilatata maculisque tribus, harum prima basi, secunda vix ante, 

 tertiaque pone medium longitudinaliter positis, nigro-cperuleis. — 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Moretou Bay. 



Elongate, convex. Head punctured between the eyes, vertex smooth 

 and shining ; antennae robust, longer than half the body. Thorax one- 

 third broader than long, apex slightlj^ concave, sides straight and 

 parallel, slightly narrowed and rounded at their extreme apex ; above 

 moderately convex, thickened, finely punctured, disk impressed on 

 either side ^\'ith a distinct fovea ; sides broadly edged with rufo-fulvous. 

 Elyti-a broader than the thorax, elongate-ovate, each ehi;ron with a 

 shallow transverse depression below the shoulder ; distinctly punctate, 

 the punctures being arranged in eleven rows, the first abbreviated ; the 

 nigro-cseruleous patches on each elytron are placed as follows : the first, 

 small, transversely ovate, basal, covering the himieral callus ; the second, 

 large, oblong, slightly emarginate on the outer edge, extending from tlie 

 transverse depression as far as the middle of the elytron ; the third, 

 somewhat smaller than the last, transversely oblong, is placed imme- 

 diately behind the middle, extending on its outer side nearly to the 

 lateral margin. 



In form nearly allied to Ph.jlexvosa, which species it also most 

 closely approaches in the coloration. 



PhylJocJiaris melanospila . 



P. elongata, convexa, nitida, subtus nigra; thoracis lateribus, sterno, 

 postpectore abdominisque margine rufo-fulvis, pedibus nigro-piceis ; 

 supra rufo-fulva ; antennis submouiliformibus, nigro-ca^ruleis, articulo 

 idtimo fulvo ; capitis macula frontali, thoracis maculis quatuor trans- 

 versim positis, plagaque transversa basali, scutello, elytrorumque sutura 

 postice maculisque duodecim 2-3-4-21 positis, nigris. — Long. 8 lin. 



Hab. INIoretou Bav. 



