of the Chrysomelide. 147 
segments. Legs black, shining, with purplish iridescence. Tarsi 
black. 
Length —18, inch. 
Native of New Holland. 
In the Cabinet of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
Sp. 10. Zdiocephala similis, W. W.S. 
Entirely black. Head deeply and coarsely punctured. Thorax 
shining, gibbous in front, deeply and rugosely punctured. Scu- 
tellum much elevated behind, smooth. Elytra rugosely punctate, 
the surface undulating, shining, somewhat fuscous, and very 
rounded at the apex. Under side of body punctate, with the 
sides of the mesosternal region covered with adpressed silvery 
hairs, and also lateral patches of the same coloured pubescence on 
each segment of the abdomen, gradually decreasing in size with 
the segments. Legs with a purplish iridescence. 
Male ?—Length +4, inch. 
Habitat New Holland. 
In the Cabinet of the Entomological Club. 
Female.—Length -1$, inch. 
Taken in the vicinity of Sidney, New South Wales, by Mr. 
Darwin. 
In the Cabinet of the Entomological Society. 
This species is nearly allied to J. rugosa, but wants the rufous 
apex to the elytra, and having silvery instead of golden pubescence 
on the under side of the body. The specimen belonging to the 
Entomological Club has lost its antenna, but I have reason to 
suppose it is a male. 
Sp. 11. Ldiocephala flaventris, Hope, MSS. 
Head jet black, longitudinally striate on the vertex, with a 
yellow heart-shaped patch on the face. Thorax rufous brown, 
shining with a black line running along the anterior margin. Scu- 
tellum subtrigonate, black, somewhat elevated at the apex. Ely- 
tra shining black, deeply and coarsely punctured, regularly striate, 
and marked a little above the middle with a V-shaped yellow 
band, the angle pointing posteriorly, and the sides not reaching 
the lateral margins. Under side of body pale yellow, shining. 
Legs pale yellow, with the apices of the tibiae and tarsi black. 
Length 5545 inch. 
Native of New Holland. 
In the Cabinet of the Rev. F, W. Hope. 
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