64 DKJIOXISPA. 



Lahrum (fig. 13 b) anticc dcclivc, anguliitum. 



MamUbuJie (fig. 13 c) eloiigatoe, apice subaciitaD, basi deute parvo 



instnictae. 

 Palpi Icnitor compressi ; ma.villares (fig. 13 d) artieulo primo parvo, 



seciindo paiiUo clongato, basi ad apiccm inora.ssato, tertio brcviori, 



obovato, ultimo ovate, apice magis comprcsso, obtiiso ; hihlales 



(fig. 13 e) artieulo primo parvo, trigono, secimdo obovato, tertio 



subclavato, magis comprcsso. 

 Mentum (fig. 13/) transversum ; lif/nh (fig. 13 7) late oblonga, 



mcnto latior, apice subangulata. 

 Capttt facie foveis duabus (his antennae insertse sunt) creta elevata 



divisis instnicta ; oculis subovatis. 

 Thora.r transverso-quadi'atus, latcribn.'; modice explanatis. 

 ScuteUiun (fig. 13 7;) pcntagonum. 

 Elytra oblongo-ovata, subcomplanata. 



Pedes breves, modice robusti, tarsorum artieulo primo somiovato. 

 Corpus late oblongnm, subdcpressum. 



Disting-uished from the next genus by the short basal joint of the 

 antennae and its transverse mentum. 



1. Xenispa pulchella, n. sp. Tab. V. Fig. 7. B.M. 



X. anguste oblonga, subdcpressa, nigra, nitida ; elytris hieto ca^ni- 

 leis ; capito (antennis ocuhsque exceptis), thoraee, scutello pedi- 

 busque quatuor anticis fulvo-flavis, horum tibiarum basi et apice 

 tarsisque nigro-piceis. 



Long. 3| lin. 



A', oblong, subdepressed, shining black ; elytra deep metallic blue ; 

 head (eyes and antenna? excepted), thorax and four anterior 

 legs fulvous yelloAV ; base and apex of the tibia) of these latter 

 and the tarsi nigro-piceous. Head smooth, antenna? and eyes 

 black. Thorax transverse, nearly twice broader than long ; sides 

 dilated, their outer margin reflexed, straight and nearly parallel, 

 sHghtly narrowed in front, their apex rounded, produced beyond 

 the apical margin, anterior angles obtuse, posterior slightly pro- 

 duced, acute ; anterior margin excavated, sinuate on either side, 

 its central portion indistinctly convex ; above smooth and shining, 

 disc moderately convex, impunctate ; sides deeply excavated, 

 irregularly punctured. ScuteUum smooth, obscure fulvous. Ely- 

 tra broader than the thorax ; sides sHghtly rounded, outer margin 

 moderately dilated, recurved ; apex regularly rounded under a 

 deep lens, obsoletely serrulate ; above subdepressed. convex along 

 the sides, the latter deeply sinuate below the shoulders ; surface 

 smooth and shining, deep metallic blue ; each elytron Avith eleven 

 rows of distinct punctiircs, the first abbreviated, punctimng much 

 more strongly impressed on the lateral stria?, M'hich are also irre- 

 gularly sulcate. Beneath shining black : head, thorax, antejiectus 



