CALLISPA. 7 



convex above, produced in front into a short obtuse tooth ; eyes 

 piceoiis. Thorax transverse, nearly twice as broad as long ; sides 

 moderately dilated, narrowly margined, nearly parallel at their 

 base, thence regularly rounded to the apex ; anterior margin 

 slightly excavated, posterior obsoletely produced in the centre ; 

 above convex ; sides depressed, coarsely punctiu'cd ; on the disc are 

 scattered a few finer punctiu-es, also in the centre are two shallow 

 impressions, one on either side the median Hne ; in front of the 

 base is a broad transverse depression, Scutcllum subquadrate, 

 obscure testaceoiis. Elytra oblong, scarcely broader than the 

 thorax ; sides margined, parallel ; apex rounded ; above mode- 

 rately convex ; sides sinuate below the shoulder, punctate-striate, 

 punctiuing less deeply impressed towards the apex ; that on the 

 sides coarser and somewhat irregular. Beneath shining testaceous ; 

 tarsi stained with fuscous. 



Hah. Northern China. Collected by R. Fortune, Esq. 



British Museum. Collections of E. Sheppard, Esq., and J. S. Baly. 



6. Callispa dimidiatipennis, n. sp. B.M. 



(7. subelongata, subconvexa, nifo-fulva, nitida ; elytris postice cyaneis; 



antennis oculisque nigris. 

 Long. 3|-4 lin. 



G. subelongate, sliining rufo-fulvous ; posterior half of elytra bright 

 metalhc blue ; eyes and antennje black, the latter with the 

 basal joint rufous. Head smooth, convex above, produced in 

 front into an acute tooth-hke process. Thorax transverse, as 

 broad again as long ; sides moderately dilated, narrowly margined, 

 straight and parallel behind, rounded in front ; anterior margin 

 obsoletely excavated, its middle indistinctly produced ; surface 

 punctured ; disc convex, with an indistinctly raised, impunctate 

 longitudinal Hne down the middle ; sides depressed, more coarsely 

 and closely punctured. ScuteUum subquadrate, its apex rounded ; 

 surface impunctate. Elytra oblong, slightly broader than the 

 thorax ; sides parallel, margined ; apex regularly rounded ; sur- 

 face moderately convex, slightly sinuate on the sides below the 

 shoulder, distinctly punctate-striate, puncturing much finer to- 

 Avards the apex ; posterior half of their surface covered with a large 

 bright blue patch. 



Hah. Northern India. 



British Museum, and collections of E. Sheppard, Esq., E. Janson, 

 Esq., and J. S. Baly. 



7. Callispa vittata, n. sp. 



C. elongata, dorso subdepressa, pallide fulva, nitida ; antennis ely- 



trorumque vitta nigris ; ore tarsisque piceis. 

 Long. 2f lin. 

 C. elongate, moderately convex, slightly flattened along the suture, 



pale shining fulvous. Head smooth ; vertex convex, shghtly 



