430 Mr. J. 8. Baly’s Descriptions of 
Colasposoma viridivittatum. 
Late ovatum, convexum, obscure cupreo-piceum, supra aureo- 
cupreum ; antennis fulvis, articulis quinque ultimis apice 
infuscatis ; capite thoraceque crebre punctatis, illo facie 
inferiori, hoe limbo viridi-aneis ; elytris fortiter subcrebre 
punctatis, extus ad lJatera transversim elevato-rugulosis, 
limbo angusto (basi preetermissA) vittaque lat& a basi fere 
ad apicem extensa viridi-aneis. 
Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. Banks of the Niger. 
Face excavated between the eyes, the extreme vertex, together 
with the lower two-thirds of the epistome, metallic green; labrum 
fulvous, the whole surface of the head closely covered with oblong 
punctures, epistome obliquely strigose. Thorax at its base nearly 
three times as broad as long, sides rounded and narrowed from 
base to apex, anterior and posterior angles acute ; upper surface 
closely covered with somewhat oblong punctures, the centre of 
the dise rather less closely punctured. Elytra more deeply but 
less closely punctured than the thorax, the punctures arranged in 
ill-defined longitudinal striz ; the surface below the basilar space 
not depressed, 
Fam. GALLERUCID. 
Sub-fam. HALTICIN A. 
Genus Popont1a, Dalm. 
Podontia scaphoides. 
Elongato-ovata, postice paullo attenuata, convexa, fulvo-fusca, 
nitida; antennis extrorsum, pectore, femorum apice tibiisque 
piceis ; thorace ante medium utrinque flexuoso-impresso, basi 
breviter bisulcato; elytris obscure fusco-fulvis, flavo-irro- 
ratis, fortiter punctato-striatis, striis apicem versus leviter sul- 
catis, punctis piceis. 
Long. 4—44 lin. 
Hab. Northern China. 
Antenne scarcely half the length of the body, four lower joints 
flavous, the rest piceous. Thorax more than twice as broad as 
long, sides straight and parallel, converging in front, anterior 
angles produced into a short slightly recurved tubercle ; upper 
surface smooth, the anterior impressions strongly incurved, their 
apices almost confluent; from about the middle of their outer 
