LEPTISPA. 



ternally. Thorax quadrate ; sides narrowly margined, straight and 

 parallel from their base to the apex ; apical margin convex ; above 

 smooth and shining, deeply but not very closely punctured ; sides 

 in front obsoletely impressed. Scutcllum smooth. Elytra nigro- 

 chalj^beate, scarcely broader than the thorax, four times its length, 

 parallel, cylindiical above, deeply punctate-striate, strise near the 

 suture and to-wards the outer margin sulcate, their interstices 

 obsoletely elevated. 



Hah. Port Natal. 



Collection of J. S. Baly. 



This and the two preceding insects, although differing greatly in 

 size, are very similar in shape and colouring ; they may, hoAvevcr, 

 be very easUy separated by the fonn of their thorax ; in L.JiUfornns 

 this part of the body is rather broader than long, the sides romided, 

 straight only at their base, and gradually narrowed towards the 

 anterior angles ; L. py^mcea has its thorax quadrate, with straight 

 sides, rounded and narrowed in front only ; in the present species it 

 is also quadi'ate ; but instead of narrowing at the apex, it is slightly 

 wider in front, the sides being perfectly straight. 



4. Leptispa abdominaUs, n. sp. B.M. 



L. elongata, angustata, cyhndrica, nigra, nitida; abdomine pedibusque 



nifis. 

 Long. 3^ lin, 



L. narrow, elongate, cylindrical, sliining black ; abdomen and legs 

 red. Head with the vertex coarsely punctured, longitudinally 

 bisulcate, its front shghtly concave ; basal joint of antennae 

 not dilated. Thorax transverse -quadrate, ajjex convex ; sides 

 narrowly margined, shghtly rounded, narrowed in front, pos- 

 terior angles produced, acute ; above convex, distinctly but not 

 verjr closely punctiu-ed. Elytra scarcely broader than the base of 

 the thorax ; sides parallel, narrowed near their apex, the latter 

 rounded ; each elytron obsoletely emarginate just before reaching 

 the suture, sutiu'al angle armed with a minute tooth ; above 

 convex, apical margin slightly reflexed ; finely punctate-striate, 

 striae near their termination and on the sides sulcate ; interstices 

 between the sulci raised, convex, the one between the second and 

 thii'd striae from the outer margin subcostate for nearly its whole 

 length. Beneath, with the legs and abdomen, bright red. 



Hob. Northern China. 



British Museum, and collection of J. S. Baly. 



This insect, of which I know only two specimens, was brouglit 

 from Northern China by Mr. Fortune. 



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