of the Chrysomelide. 151 
Scutellum subquadrate, pitchy brown, elevated behind. Elytra 
ochraceous, deeply and irregularly punctured, with broad lateral 
margins of dark metallic green, and the space round the scutellum 
of the same colour. Under side of body pale ochraceous. Legs 
pale ochraceous, with the apices of the tibiz and tarsi black. 
Length 535, inch. 
From Port Essington. 
In the Cabinet of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
This species, in the length and slenderness of the antenna, differs 
somewhat from the species on which the group was founded, but 
still there can be no doubt of the propriety of its being placed in 
the sub-genus Aporocera. 
Mirocera (proc xepac), W. W. 8. 
Antenne inserted between and close to the eyes, longer than the 
body, filiform, 11-jointed: first joint large, pyriform; second 
small, obconic; third and fifth very long, of equal length; fourth 
joint half as long as the third and fifth; each of the remainder as 
long as the fourth. Head vertical, immersed in the thorax up to 
the eyes. yes reniform. Thorax subquadrate, narrowed in 
front, transverse, convex posteriorly, nearly as broad as the elytra. 
Body subelongate, flattened. Tarsi 4-jointed ; first joint twice as 
long as the second, the third deeply bilobed and almost concealing 
the fourth. 
Mitocera viridipennis, W. W.S. (PI. TX. fig. 5.) 
Head light red brown, with the crown, eyes and antennz black. 
Antenne one-third as long again as the body. Thorax red brown, 
with slightly raised lateral margins, the upper surface shining, 
coarsely and irregularly punctured. Scutellum subtrigonate, dark 
blue green. Elytra dark shining blue green, deeply and irregu- 
larly punctured, rounded at the apices where the margins are 
reddish brown. Under side of body light red brown, pubescent. 
Legs black, with the femora red brown. 
Length 53°, inch. 
From the Swan River. 
In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
A very distinct form, remarkable for the great length of the 
antenne, with the third and fifth joints long. 
Ocurosoprsis (wyxpoc ofc), W. W. S. 
Head vertical or nearly so, immersed in the thorax up to the 
