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until it reaches the apex of the caudal spine ; the second 

 and third unite just below the middle of the elytron, and 

 are continued onwards as a single raised line, which 

 gradually becomes less distinct, and is entirely lost be- 

 fore reaching the point of junction of the first pair. Legs 

 coarsely granulose, clothed, as well as the abdomen, with 

 adpressed obcuneiform scales, those on the tarsi narrow 

 and almost linear. 



E. Odewahnii agrees with E. alhipennis in the total 

 absence (as a separate joint) of the fourth or claw joint 

 of the tarsi ; in both species the third is entire, and 

 evidently composed of the third and fourth so closely 

 soldered together, that not the slightest trace of su- 

 tural lines is visible even under a powerful lens; the 

 unguiculi are entirely absent. This abnormal form of 

 the tarsus was overlooked by me at the time of publica- 

 tion of the Catalogue of Hispidce ; and is, I believe, 

 peculiar to the two above-named insects. I cannot call 

 to mind another instance amongst the extensive tribe of 

 Phytophaga in which the claw is not fully developed as a 

 distinct joint of the tarsus. 



Eurispa normalis . 



Filiformis, subcylindrica, nigra, nitida, albo-squamosa ; 

 capite supra, femoribus tibiisque pallide rufo-piceis, 

 thorace elytrisque sordide albidis; illo crebre foveo- 

 lato-punctato, fusco-trivittato, vittis duabus exteri- 

 oribus minus distinctis ; his apice attenuatis, utrisque 

 in caudam acutam dehiscentem productis, striato- 

 foveolatis, quadricostatis ; capite ante oculos vix pro- 

 ducto; unguibus distinctis. 



Var. A. Thoracis vittis duabus obsoletis, pedibus nigris. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Kah. — Queensland, Moreton Bay. 



Body clothed with adpressed, narrow obcuneiform 

 scales, those on the legs, breast, and abdomen nearly 

 linear. Head between the eyes scarcely produced, ob- 

 tuse ; basal half of antennge obscure rufo-piceous. Thorax 

 about one-third longer than broad, cylindrical, scarcely 

 narrowed anteriorly, sides nearly parallel ; surface deeply 

 foveolate-punctate. Elytra subcylindrical, rather shorter 

 and broader than in E. Odeivahnvi, less produced at the 

 apex, the apex of each elytron forming an acute tail ; 



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