Mr. J. S. Baly on new Phytophagous Insects. CI 



lateribus infra humeros leniter transvcrsim excavatis. — Long. 

 5-J lin. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



Closely allied to Lina Rayah, but easily distinguished from 

 that insect by its smaller size and perfectly smooth elytra. My 

 specimen has the elytra stained with numerous small rufo-piceous 

 points irregularly arranged in longitudinal strise; I think these 

 are only due to immersion of the insect in spirit. 



Lina ceneipennis. 



L. ovata, postice paullo ampliata, convexa, nitido-testaceo-fulva, 

 antennis extrorsum uigris ; thorace longitudine duplo latiore, con- 

 vexo, obsolete foveolato,tenuiter punctato, lateribus a basi ad apicem 

 angustato-rotundatis ; elytris viridi-aeneis, snbcrebre punctatis, 

 punctis prope suturam obsolete subseriatim dispositis. — Long. 

 4| lin. 



Hab. Northern China. 



Genus Gastrolina. 



Caput tboraci ad oculos insertum ,- oculis ovato-rotundatis ; anten- 

 nis corporis dimidio brevioribus, subfiliformibus, ad apicem leniter 

 incrassatis, articulo primo obovato, incrassato, secundo brevi, 

 cseteris oblongo-obovatis, tertio elongato, ultimo ovato ; 2 )f( h ) ^ s 

 maxillaribus subfiliformibus, articulo ultimo ovato. Thorax trans- 

 versa. Scutellum subtriangulare. Elytra thorace latiora, oblongo- 

 ovata, dorso complanata. Pedes simplices, unguibus apice subtus 

 bidentatis. Abdomen foeminse gravidas valde distendum, ultra 

 marginem elytrorum extensum. Corpus oblongum, depressum. 



Type, Gastrolina depressa, Baly. 



Separated from Lina by its depressed form, and by the dis- 

 tended abdomen of the pregnant female. 



Gastrolina depressa. 



G. oblouga, depressa, nitido-nigra, seneo-micans ; abdominis late- 

 ribus thoraceque flavo-fulvis, hoc longitudine plus duplo latiore, 

 disco irregulariter impresso, tenuiter punctato, utrinque intra mar- 

 ginem longitudinaliter foveolato et crebre punctato, margine ipso 

 subincrassato, postice subrecto, antice leniter ampliato rotundato ; 

 elytris dorso complanatis, crebre confuse, prope suturam subse- 

 riatim, punctatis, utrisque sutura vittisque tribus subelevatis, ob- 

 scure cyaneis, margine incrassato nigro-eeneo. — Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. Northern China. 



[To be continued.] 



