26 Mr. J. S. Baly on new Species of Phytophagous Beetles. 



tennis fulvis, extrorsum nigris ; thorace medio longitudinaliter 

 canaliculato ; elytris irregulariter subseriatim punctatis, viridi- 

 seneis, cupreo vix micantibus, marginibus basali et suturali limbo- 

 que submarginali lrete cupreis ; abdominis limbo fulvo maculato. 

 Var. A. obscure cserulea aut nigro-cserulea ; elytris viridibus, 

 marginibus concoloribus. 

 Long. 3-4 lin. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope; collected by Mr. Trimen. 



Ovate-rotundate, moderately convex, nitidous, bright cupreo- 

 seneous; antennae moderately subincrassate, fulvous, their outer 

 half black. Thorax narrowed from base to apex; sides nearly 

 straight, suddenly narrowed and rounded at the apex ; surface 

 of disk slightly irregular, sides indistinctly thickened, impressed 

 here and there with a few deep scattered punctures; central 

 portion of disk impressed with a short longitudinal groove. 

 Elytra with their outer margin moderately dilated, its surface 

 irregular, somewhat thickened; bright metallic green, with a 

 slight cupreous reflexion, an ill-defined line on the sutural and 

 basal margins, and a submarginal stripe on the outer border, 

 bright cupreous. Sides of abdomen marked with a row of ful- 

 vous spots. 



Var. A. Body obscure metallic blue or bluish black ; elytra 

 metallic green, the cupreous markings obsolete. 



Plagiodera viridivittata. 



P. subrotundata, modice convexa, nitida, obscure viridi-senea ; an- 

 tennis nigris ; thorace hie illic leviter excavato, irregulariter punc- 

 tato, punctis ad latera profundius impressis ; elytris irregulariter 

 punctatis, punctis prope suturam subseriatim dispositis, cupreis, 

 utriusque margine laterali, linea suturali vittisque duabus, plus mi- 

 nusve distinctis, metallico-viridibus. 



Long. 4-4| lin. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



Very closely allied to the last species, rather larger, more 

 rotundate ; sides of elytra obsoletely angled ; thorax more deeply 

 pitted, and more coarsely punctured; longitudinal groove on 

 disk obsolete, sides less straight, rather more distinctly rounded; 

 antenna? entirely black ; abdomen without the marginal spots. 



Plagiodera cinctipennis. 



P. rotundata, convexa, fulva aut pallide rufo-fulva, nitida ; elytris 



punctatis, punctis subseriatim dispositis, obscure seneo-cupreis, 



fulvo marginatis ; antennis extrorsum nigris. 

 Long. 2 1 lin. 



Hab. India; collected by Mr. Bretingham. 



Rotundate, moderately convex, nitidous ; antennse short, sub- 



