260 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 
Genus Rvpitia. 
Genus novum generi Metalepte Balyi, et GalleruceF ab. et Redt., approxi- 
mans. Corpus elongato-ovale. Caput proclive. Thorax quadratus vel 
subquadratus, ad latera rotundatus ; scutellum transversum, subcirculare. 
Elytra in $ robusta, subparallela; in 2 brevia, ad apicem dehiscentia, 
abdomen haud tegentia. Pedes sat elongati, robusti; tarsts brevibus; 
unguculis leviter infra appendiculatis. 
Rupilia is one of the few genera in which the elytra of the 9 do 
not cover the entire body; and in this respect it is nearly allied to 
Metalepta, Baly (Journ. Entom. i. p. 205, pl. xi. fig. 9), which consists 
of two species from Peru. The genus before us is less parallel in 
form ; the sides of the thorax are not parallel, but rounded; and the 
form of the elytra is different. Type of genus, Rupilia ruficollis. 
1. KR. ruficolhs, n.sp. (Pl. XII. fig. 3 et b.) 
Q tantum adest. £. ovalis, punctata, rufa; capite inter oculos transverse 
punctato, ad basin nitido, rufo vel fusco-rufo; thorace quadrato, late- 
ribus subtiliter rotundatis, antice et ad basin ad medium emarginato, 
ad medium discum ineequaliter transverse undique depresso, fortiter et 
crebre punctato, rufo; scutello transverso, subtiliter et sparsim punc- 
tato, rufo; elytris brevibus, apicem versus valde dehiscentibus, fortiter et 
crebre punctatis, nigro-czeruleis, nitidis; abdomine desuper fusco-rufo, 
segmentis fusco adumbratis; corpore subtus rufo; pedibus nigris, femo- 
ribus versus basin rufis; antennis nigris, articulis 1—4tum rufo-fuscis. 
Long. corp. lin. 4—54, lat. lin. 2-23. 
The bright-blue elytra and red thorax and abdomen of this hand- 
some species at once characterize it. Apparently not rare in New 
South Wales. 
In the cabinets of Mr. Baly, Mr. Bakewell, and Rey. H. Clark. 
2. BR. viridi-wnea, n. sp. 
3g. £&. ovalis, subparallela, fortiter punctata, nigro-eenea, nitida; capite 
inter oculos transverse foveolato, punctato ; thorace transverso, rectan- 
gulari, marginibus (antico et postico) parallelis rectis, lateribus ad me- 
dium angulatis, et disco undique versus latera late oblique depresso, 
crebre punctato, antice et postice tenuiter rufo-fusco; scutello trans- 
verso, arcuato, punctato, rufo-fusco; elytris parallelis, brevibus (haud 
ad apicem abdominis attingentibus), parum rotundatis, fortiter et crebre 
punctatis, ad apicalem suturam dehiscentibus; corpore subtus, pedibus 
antennisque nigris. 
Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 2. 
R. viridi-enea differs from ruficollis not only in colour, but in the 
form of the thorax: the anterior and basal margins are not exca- 
vated medially ; the sides, instead of being rounded, are bent into 
