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punctured, vertex subrugose, portion of face below the insertion 
of the antennz piceous ; antenne scarcely more than half the 
length of the body, their third joimt elongate. Thorax one- 
fourth broader than long; sides subparallel, slightly rounded, 
sinuate near the base; posterior angles slightly produced, sub- 
acute, outer edge of rounded portion subsinuate; just behind 
the anterior angle is a deep notch, the angle itself being produced 
into a short obtuse tooth ; above subcylindrical, irregularly ex- 
cavated at the sides, surface covered with coarse punctures, 
which are irregularly confluent and subvariolose on either side ; 
a narrow patch on the basal margin, in front of the scutellum, 
black. Scutellum semiovate, its apex emarginate; surface 
smooth and shining, impressed with a few scattered punctures ; 
towards the apex is a broad, shallow, longitudinal impression. 
Elytra oblong-ovate, sides slightly rounded, subsinuate below 
the shoulders; apex acutely rounded, conjointly concave-emar- 
ginate at the suture, sutural angles acute ; above convex, surface 
deeply but not quite so coarsely punctured as the thorax; be- 
hind the middle, on the inner disk, are several indistinct longi- 
tudinal ridges; the three large black patches are placed in a 
triangle on the surface, and arranged as follows :—the first, 
common, ovate, slightly emarginate at its upper edge, is situated 
immediately below the scutellum; the two others, larger and 
irregular in shape, are placed one on the disk of each elytron, 
scarcely below its middle; on the humeral callus is also a small 
round spot. 
Genus URopata. 
Many of the species to be described by me in this and the fol- 
lowing papers are placed only provisionally in the present genus. 
Uroplata, as commonly understood, contains a vast number of ap- 
parently incongruous forms. I have been hitherto quite baffled 
in my efforts to break up these forms into smaller groups. Cha- 
racters apparently most striking, and which, in other families, 
afford sure generic differences, here break down utterly, leaving 
the student more and more perplexed after each attempt to un- 
ravel and arrange this difficult group. I trust, however, that, 
by repeated efforts and continued study, I shall even yet succeed 
in my endeavours to divide the species into smaller but more 
natural genera. 
Uroplata militaris, nu. sp. 
U. subcuneiformis, subdepressa, fulva; antennis nigris, thoracis 
margine laterali et vitta centrali, elytrorumque linea marginali 
prope apicem interrupta, fascia subapicali inter angulos posticos ex- 
tensa, maculisque nonnullis obscure viridi-zeneis : elytris apice ob- 
