112 Mr. J. S. Baly on new Genera 



obliquely converging and slightly rounded to the apex ; all 

 the angles distinct but not produced ; disk irregularly exca- 

 vated, upper surface together with the head nearly glabrous, 

 finely but closely punctured, obscure flavous, marked on 

 either side with a large transversely ovate black patch, the 

 centre of which is more deeply excavated than the rest of the 

 surface. Scutellum obscure flavous, its sides converging, 

 its apex obtusely truncate, obsoletely emarginate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax ; sides parallel, very slightly dilated 

 behind the middle in the female ; convex, closely granulose- 

 punctate, densely griseo-sericeous, olive-green, the entire outer 

 limb (the space bordering the scutellum excepted) obscure 

 flavous. 



Momcea jiuiymrascens, Hope. 

 Galeruca jnirpurascetis, Hope, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 29. 



M. oblongo-ovata, postice vix ampliata, convexa, fulva, nitida, 

 tibiis apice tarsisque piceo-nigris ; elytris metallico purpureis, 

 sericeis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Nepal. My collection. (Hope's type in Mus. Brit.) 

 Vertex rather closely punctured ; eyes black ; antennas fili- 

 form, the third joint four times the length of the second, one 

 fourth longer than the fourth. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long ; sides angulate ; disk shining, broadly excavated on 

 either side, slightly excavated in the median line, just in front 

 of the scutellum. Elytra oblong, slightly dilated behind the 

 middle, convex, transversely excavated below the basilar space, 

 constricted on either side before the middle, finely and closely 

 punctured, clothed with griseous sericeous hairs. 



Menippus cervinus, Hope. 

 Galeruca cervina, Hope, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. ,29. 



M. subelongato-ovatus, postice vix ampliatus, convexus, fusco- 

 sericeus, subtus niger nitidus, supra opacus fulvo-fuscus, oculis 

 nigris ; tborace leviter ruguloso, lateribus rotundatis ; elytris 

 subcrebre punctatis, interstitiis granulosis. 



Long. 41 lin. 



Hab. Nepal. My collection. (Hope's type in Mus. 

 Brit.) 



Head rugose; middle of clypeus with a distinct shining 

 impunctate longitudinal ridge ; cncarpse obsolete ; antennas 

 nearly two thirds the length of the body, filiform, the third 

 joint nearly one half longer than the second ; eyes black. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded, obsoletely an- 



