2 LEPTISPA, 



siil)tus nigra ; thorace subquadrato, fortiter et crebre punctato, 

 latcnlius rotundatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, ad apicem sulcatis. 

 Tx)ng. 3 lin. 



Tliorax scarcely broader tban long ; sides rounded, nearly straight 

 near their base, narrowed in front. 



Ihth. Italy ; Sardinia ; Sicily. 



British Museum, and in most collections. 



This insect is remarkable as being the only Eiu-opean species 

 entering into the present section of the Hispidce. 



2. Leptispa pygmaea, n, sp. 



L. clongata, angustata, cylindiica, laetc viridi-aenea, subtus nigra ; 

 thorace subquadrato, minus crebre jjunctato, lateribus antice ro- 

 tundatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, ad apicem subsulcatis ; anten- 

 nanim articulo basali compresso, apice truncate, extrorsum dila- 

 tato. 



Long, 2 lin, 



L. narrow, elongate, cylindrical, deep metallic green. Head slightly 

 flattened above, covered with irregular punctures ; basal joint of 

 antenna) compressed and dilated externally at its apex, truncate. 

 Thorax subquadrate; sides straight and parallel, rounded near their 

 apex, naiTowly margined, anterior margin indistinctly produced, 

 rounded; above convex, coarselj' piuictiu'ed, puncturing rather 

 less deeply impressed and less crowded, especially towards the 

 sides, than in the first species. Scutcllum black, impunctate. 

 Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax ; sides parallel ; apex less 

 acutely rounded, dehiscent at the suture ; above convex, deeply 

 punetate-striate, stria3 towards the apex of the elytra subsulcate. 

 Beneath entirely black. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



A single specimen in the collection of J. S. Baly, received from 

 H, Dcihm. 



Very similar in form to the preceding, much smaller, sides of 

 thorax straighter, puncttuing of whole surface less deeply impressed ; 

 at once chstinguishcd by the compressed dilated apex of the basal 

 joint of antennae. 



3, Leptispa Natalensis, n, sp. 



L. elongata, angustata, cyHndrica, nigra, nitida ; elytris nigro-chaly- 

 beis ; thorace quadi'ato, lateribus rectis ; antennarum articulo 

 basali compresso, apice truncato, extrorsum dilatato. 



Long. 2i lin. 



L. narrow, elongate, cyhndrical, shining black. Head punctured; 

 basal joint of antennae compressed, its apex truncate, dilated ex- 



