248 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 
The following are among the most interesting additions to the 
group :— 
Fam. Sagride. 
Genus MrcynopEra, Hope. 
M. Balyi,n.sp. (Pl. XII. fig. 1.) 
M. elongato-ovata, rufa, nitida; capite producto, nigro: thorace elongato- 
quadrato, angulis anticis haud acutis, lateribus ad medium subcon- 
strictis, disco post medium transverse depresso, impunctato, nigro, ad 
medium (preesertim ad basin) nigro; scutello nigro : elytris thorace duplo 
(ad humeros) latioyibus et triplo longioribus, apud humeros oblique 
ad suturam mediam versus impressis vel corrugatis, maculis ordinatis 
quasi punctorum seriebus indistincte ornatis, plagis undique 5 nigris, 
Jma apud scutellum, minuta subcirculari; 244 a basi media (juxta hume- 
ros), obliqua vel oblique arcuata ad suturam ante medium; 3tia ad mar- 
ginem, circulari (hac aliquando fortasse cum 24@ confluente) ; 4t@ trans- 
versa latiore, postmedia; 5t@ ante apicem, lata, brevi: sutura margineque 
ad apicem tenuiter etiam nigris vel nigro-fuscis: corpore nigro, subtus 
pedibusque pubescentibus; abdomine rufo, segmento ultimo fusco- 
nigro; pedibus nigris, femoribus rufis; antennis robustis, nigris. 
Long. corp. 6 lin., lat. 22 lin. 
A form of this handsome genus which is obviously different from 
the previously described species M/. cowalgica ; the pattern of its mark- 
ings, its size, and its greater breadth amply separate it. I received 
specimens from the collection of Damel, by whom it was taken (with 
many examples of cowalgica) from the twigs, not the flowers, of 
shrubs, and was, as he informed me, far from uncommon: the genus 
would seem to have the habit as well as almost the form of a Longi- 
corn; the insects, when disturbed by the entomologist, grip the leaf 
or bark tightly with their legs, so that it is impossible to obtain them 
by beating or brushing: M. Damel took his by carefully looking for 
them when he had discovered their special habitat. Of cowalgica 
he took two distinct forms—the commoner one described by M. 
Lacordaire, in all its varieties of colour, and also a second, exactly 
similar in pattern to the well coloured examples, but very minute 
(at least, half the size); and he assured me that these two forms 
were taken by him from two different trees, which led him to consider 
the two as separate species. The five examples of M. Balyi which 
his collection contained manifested no variety of pattern or size. 
I have pleasure in naming this beautiful species after my friend 
Mr. Baly of Kentish Town, to whom I am indebted for much valua- 
ble information respecting Phytophaga. 
