288 Major T. Broun on new Genera and 



Underside fusco-testaceous ; prosternal process broad and 

 evidently punctured ; mctasternuni grooved along the 

 middle ; abdomen finely sculptured, apical segment with a 

 large fovea occupying aljout half of the whole area. 



This may be readily identified by the variegation. The 

 bluish space on the base of the elytra in one specimen is 

 prolonged backwards towards the apex of each as a broad 

 dilute vitta. The eyes, though of moderate size, are only 

 just perceptibly convex, and are therefore less prominent 

 tban usual. 



Length 2 ; breadth 1 line. 



Mount Arthur. Two mutilated individuals forwarded by 

 Mr. G. V. Hudson. 



Group Galerucidae. 



Luperus angularius, sp. n. 



Suhdepressed, moderately elongate, shining; nigrescent, 

 slightly aeneous ; femora, terminal joint of tarsi, and the 

 anteunaj fuscous; destitute of perceptible pubescence. 



AntenyicB attain the hind thighs, basal three joints a little 

 shining and paler than the following opaque ones. 

 Head uneven above, with some grey pubescence in front. 

 Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, distinctly and mode- 

 rately closely punctured, slightly uneven, with four or five 

 irregularly formed almost smooth spots ; apex truncate, 

 base very feebly curved, the sides only a little rounded, 

 nearly straight behind, lateral margins well developed and 

 very evidently thickened at the anterior angles ; posterior 

 angles indistinct, but just inside each there is a small 

 granular elevation with a setigerous puncture. Scutellum 

 im])ressed. Elytra oblong, wider than thorax, shoulders 

 slightly raised and prominent; apices nearly subtruncate, so 

 that the extremity of each at the suture is sharply rectan- 

 gular ; they are distinctly, rather closely, but not coarsely 

 punctured ; the interstices near the sides are slightly trans- 

 versely rugose. The two hind pairs of tibice are moderately 

 curvate. 



A careful scrutiny of the thoracic angles will lead to its 

 recognition. 



Length 2^; breadth 1|- line. 



Broken River [Mr, J. H Lewis) ; one individual. 



