86 EUEISI'A. 



This genus is peculiar to Aubtrtdia ; the two species belonging to 

 it being amongst the very few insects of the family hitherto found in 

 tluit country. 



1. Eurispa vittata, n. sp. Tab. VII. Fig. 1. B.M. 



E. elongata, angustata, nigra; thorace latitndinc dimidio longiori, 

 iiigoso. latei-ibiLs piceis ; idytris apicc in caudara validam dehis- 

 centem productis, punctato-striatis, fla\is, utrisque vitta longitu- 

 dinali fusca, sutimi picea. 



Long. 5i hn. 



E. narrow, elongate ; black, elytra pale luteoiis, each with the suture 

 and a broad longitudinal vitta fuscous. Head closely punctured ; 

 antenna) robust, coarsely punctured, four terminal joints covered 

 with short adpressed bail's. Thorax one-haK longer than broad; 

 sides subparallel, bisinuate, apical margin shghtly rounded ; sur- 

 face opaque, nigro-piccous, nifo-piceous on the sides; rugose- 

 punctate, a slightly raised longitudinal line in the middle shining, 

 inipunctate. ScuteUum longitudinally grooved, shining black, im- 

 pimctate. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, more than 

 four times its length ; sides nearly parallel in front, slightly rounded 

 behind the middle ; apical margin just before reaching the suture 

 produced into a flattened acute tail, distinct from that of the 

 opposite elytron ; above subconvex, slightly flattened along the 

 suture ; sides narrowly margined ; surface deeply and regularly 

 punctate-striate, second and fourth interstices from the sutiu'c 

 indistinctly raised in front, costate behind the middle, one of the 

 costa) being produced as far as the apex of the caudal spine ; pale 

 yeUow, a longitudinal \'itta on each eljrtron fuscous, suture piccous. 

 Beneath black, four anterior thighs sometimes pitchy red beneath 



Huh. New Holland. 



British Museum, and collections of E. Sheppard, Esq., M. Che- 

 vrolat, and J. 8. Baly. 



2. Eurispa albipennis (Germ.). B.M. 



Ilispa albipennis, Germ. Linn. Ent. 3. 246. n. 185. 



" Filiformis, nigra ; thorace supra flavescente, hnea medio rufii ; ely- 



tris albis, pimctato-striatis, apicc productis, fastigiatis.'' 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Adelaide, Germar. 



I know only three specimens of the above insect, one in the 

 British Museum, and two formerly in the collection of J. 0. West- 

 wood, Esq. ; one of these was Idndly presented to me by that gen- 

 tleman, the other is now in the Hopean Collection. 



