1312 COLEOPTEEA 



Pleuraltica. 



Nov. gen. 

 (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., Nov., 1886.) 



Acetabulce anteriores apertae ; pronotum absque sulca transversa ; 

 tibiae posteriores ecalcaratas ; metasternurn sat elongatum. 



It is not much allied to Phyllotreta, nor apparently to any known 

 form. It has very long antenna, eleven-jointed, with elongate basal 

 joint ; the front coxce are moderately separated, and the mesosternum 

 is very slightly impressed in the middle for the reception of the pro- 

 sternal process ; the metasternum is of normal length, and the hind 

 coxae rather widely separated ; the hind femora are moderately broad, 

 rather flat ; the tibia are not grooved at the extremity, but their 

 superior external aspect is flat, and polished nearly up to the knee, 

 and its outer edge is finely and densely minutely ciliate near the 

 extremity ; the epipleurce are broad, and do not disappear till near 

 the extremity. The female has a raised plica on the elytra extend- 

 ing backwards from the shoulder; and in the male the epipleurae are 

 broader and more deeply sulcate. 



OBS. Dr. Sharp having proposed the above generic name for my 

 No. 1120, its name must now 7 be altered to Pleuraltica cyanea. 

 T. B. 



Group GALERUCID^l (Gen., p. 631). 

 Luperus. 



2304. L. oloare89, n.s. Oblong, slightly convex, shining, 

 bronzed-green, second and third antennal joints fuscous, remaining 

 joints blackish. 



Head more or less punctate, the raised antennal orbits smooth. 

 Antenna moderate, basal joint not much inflated, third longer than 

 second, fourth much longer than the preceding one, each of the 

 following joints about three or four times longer than broad. Pro- 

 thorax transversal, convex, its sides strongly but simply marginated, 

 and but little curved, front angles thickened but not prominent, 

 apex truncate ; its surface rather finely and distantly punctured, 

 without any very obvious depressions. Scutellum smooth, blackish. 

 Elytra oblong, widest behind, apex rounded, each longitudinally 

 depressed inside the shoulders ; distinctly and rugosely punctate. 

 Legs with griseous hairs; femora pitchy-brown, tibiae and tarsi 

 rufo-fuscous, posterior tibiae curvate. Pygidium triangular, mode- 

 rately punctured. Underside aeneous, not coarsely sculptured. 



Not unlike No. 1115 (Luperus viridis), but much more finely 

 sculptured, and destitute of distinct inequalities of surface. 



A variety occurs, fusco-aeneous, having slight depressions and 

 wrinkles on the thorax. 



Length, 2-2 lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Taken off the inflorescence of Olearea nitida on Mount Egmont, 

 elevation 3,500ft. 



