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punctured, vertex subrugose, portion of face below the insertion 

 of the antennae piceous ; antennae scarcely more than half the 

 length of the body, their third joint elongate. Thorax one- 

 fourth broader than long ; sides subparallel, slightly rounded, 

 sinuate near the base ; posterior angles slightly pi-oduced, sub- 

 acute, outer edge of rounded portion subsinuate ; just behind 

 the anterior angle is a deep notch, the angle itself being produced 

 into a short obtuse tooth ; above subcylindrical, irregularly ex- 

 cavated at the sides, surface covered with coarse punctures, 

 which are irregularly confluent and subvariolose on either side ; 

 a narrow patch on the basal margin, in front of the scutellum, 

 black. Scutellum semiovate, its apex emarginate; surface 

 smooth and shining, impressed with a few scattered punctures ; 

 towards the apex is a broad, shallow, longitudinal impression. 

 Elytra oblong-ovate, sides slightly rounded, subsinuate below 

 the shoulders; apex acutely rounded, conjointly concave-emar- 

 ginate at the suture, sutural angles acute ; above convex, surface 

 deeply but not quite so coarsely punctured as the thorax; be- 

 hind the middle, on the inner disk, are several indistinct longi- 

 tudinal ridges; the three large black patches are placed in a 

 triangle on the surface, and arranged as follows : — the first, 

 common, ovate, slightly emarginate at its upper edge, is situated 

 immediately below the scutellum ; the two others, larger and 

 irregular in shape, are placed one on the disk of each elytron, 

 scarcely below its middle ; on the humeral callus is also a small 

 round spot. 



Genus Uroplata. 



Many of the species to be described by me in this and the fol- 

 lowing papers are placed only provisionally in the present genus. 

 Uroplata, as commonly understood, contains avast number of ap- 

 parently incongruous forms. I have been hitherto quite bafSed 

 in my efforts to break up these forms into smaller groups. Cha- 

 racters apparently most striking, and which, in other families, 

 afford sure generic differences, here break down utterly, leaving 

 the student more and more perplexed after each attempt to un- 

 ravel and arrange this difficult group. I trust, however, that, 

 by repeated efforts and continued study, I shall even yet succeed 

 in my endeavours to divide the species into smaller but more 

 natural genera. 



Uroplata militaris, n. sp, 



U. subcuneiformis, subdepressa, fulva; antennis nigris, thoracis 

 margine laterali et vitta centrali, elytrorumque linea marginal! 

 prope apicem interrupta, fascia subapicali inter angulos posticos ex- 

 tensa, macvdisque nonnullis obscure \-iridi-8enei8 : elytris apice ob- 



