genera and species of Galerucidce. 33 



iiiterrupted on either side near the hinder angle by a short piceous 

 ridge. Elytra closely punctured, coarsely sericeous. 



A tysa fidvicornis. 



Anguste clongata, parallela, suhtus nigro-cserulea, nitida, ore 

 pedibusque fulvis ; supra t'ulva, capite (facie inferiori antennisque 

 exceptis) thoraceque nigris, crebre et fortiter punctatis ; elytris 

 parallelis, dense sericeis, crebre punctatis, apice nigro-coiruleis. 

 Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Waigiou (Wallace). 



Vertex and front coarsely and closely punctured ; lower face and 

 antennte fulvous. Thorax nearly one-half broader than long ; 

 sides diverging from the base to just beyond the middle, thence 

 rounded and converging towards the apex ; hinder angle with a 

 small obtuse tooth ; upper sm-face concave, coarsely and closely 

 punctm-ed. Elytra closely but rather more finely punctured than 

 the thorax, densely sericeous. 



Atysa fmiesta. 

 Anguste elongata, parallela, nigra, nitida, thorace inferiori, capite 

 inferiori, femoribusque fulvis, his piceo tinctis ; capite thoraceque 

 minus nitidis, crebre et fortiter punctatis ; elytris dense nigro- 

 sericeis, crebre punctatis, metallico-purpureis ; abdominis segmentis 

 albo-marginatis. Long. 3 — 4 lin. 



Hah, New Guinea, Dorey [Wallace). 



Head broader than long ; eyes large, round ; vertex and front 

 flattened, coarsely and closely punctured. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long ; sides diverging from the base to just beyond the 

 middle, thence sinuate and slightly converging towards the apex ; 

 disk depressed, obliquely thickened on either side close to the 

 anterior margin; coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra closely 

 but more finely punctured than the head and thorax. 



Galerucella thoracica. 

 Elongata parallela, convexa, fulvo-picea, fusco-sericea, capite 

 thoraceque fere glabris ; antennis robustis, scutello, femoribus 

 apice, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; thorace transverso ; lateribus vix pone 

 medium emarginatis ; disco profunde et irregulariter excavato ; 

 elytris oblongis, parallelis, crebre punctatis, nigro-piceoplus minusve 

 tmctis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Aru Islands ; Celebes; Tevnate {Wallace). 



TKANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1886. PART I. (MARCH). D 



