genera and species of Galerucidce. 37 



Eumcea apicvpennis. 



Subelongata, postice vix ampliata, nigra, nitida ; antennis pallide 

 piceis ; thorace transverso, lateribus subparallelis, obtuse ro- 

 tuudatis ; disco profunde transversim sulcato ; elytris angiiste 

 oblongis, postice vix ampliatis, modice couvexis, tenuiter piiuc- 

 tatis, flavis, tertio postico nigro. Long. 3 — dk lin. 



Hah. New Guinea, Dorey (Wallace). 



Antennae slender, rather longer than the body. Thorax scarcely 

 twice as broad as long ; sides nearly straight and diverging from 

 the base to beyond the middle, thence rounded and converging 

 towards the apex ; disk smooth, deeply impressed with a trans- 

 verse sulcation, which extends nearly from side to side of the 

 thorax. Elytra very faintly impressed below the basilar space, 

 very finely punctured. 



Eumcea Jiavipennis. 



Subelongata, convexa, viridi-senea, nitida, antennis nigris ; tho- 

 race transverso, disco late transversim excavato, subcrebre punctato ; 

 elytris oblongis, flavis, crebre sat fortiter punctatis, utroque 

 lineis elevatis quinque, a paullo infra basin fere ad apicem extensis, 

 instructo. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Menado, a single specimen (Wallace). 



Head prominent, front distuictly punctured, vertex convex, 

 impunctate ; antennas slender, equal to the body in length, the 2nd 

 joint short, the 3rd more than twice its length. Thorax more than 

 twice as broad as long ; sides nearly straight and parallel posteriorly, 

 slightly converging towards the apex ; disk broadly excavated, 

 concave, its surface distinctly punctured. Elytra oblong, closely 

 and strongly punctured ; each elytron with five distinctly-raised 

 longitudinal lines, which commence below the base and extend 

 nearly to the apex. 



Mcnippus metallicus . 



Elongato-ovatus, sordide fulvus, griseo-sericeus, nitidiis, antennis, 

 femoribus apice, tibiis tarsisque nigris; caput thoraceque viridi- 

 feneo tinctis, hoc subci-ebre punctato, irregixlariter toruloso, medio 

 longitudinaliter sulcato ; elytris sat crebre punctatis, metallico- 

 viridibus. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Celebes, a single specimen from the collection 

 of the late E. De^Tolle. 



Head subrotundate ; front impressed with a longitudinal groove, 

 finely gi-anulose-punctate ; antennfu rather less than half the length 

 of the body, robust, slightly attenuated towards the apex. Thorax 



