and Species of Gallerucinee. 115 



ones not produced, subacute ; disk broadly transversely exca- 

 vated across the middle, distinctly punctured. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, dilated behind the middle, convex, not de- 

 pressed below the basilar space, rather closely and deeply 

 punctured. 



Ilaplosonyx sexplagiatus. 



II. oblongo- ovatus, convexus, nitidus, subtus niger, abdominis limbo 

 cxterno pedibusque flavis, tibiis apice tarsisque nigro-piceis ; 

 supra flavus, scutcllo antermisque (his basi exceptis) nigris; tho- 

 race transversim sulcato, sulco utrinque magis fortiter impresso ; 

 elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, stria prima brevi, striis inter- 

 mediis longc ante apicem abbreviatis, per paria approximantibus, 

 interspatiis quinto septimo et nono pone medium elevatis ; utro- 

 que elytro macula bumerali, altera infra basin inter callum 

 humerale et suturam posita, plagaque magna pone medium, sub- 

 trigonata, purpureo-nigris ornato. 



Long. 4|-5^ lin. 



Hob. Flores. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 



Antenna? more than half the length of the body, robust, 

 filiform, very slightly thickened towards the apex, the third 

 joint one third longer than the second, the three lower joints 

 flavous, the rest black. Thorax twice as broad as long; sides 

 angulate just before the middle ; anterior and posterior angles 

 acute, the former slightly excurved; disk smooth and shining, 

 transversely sulcate across the middle, the sulcation more 

 deeply impressed on either side the middle disk. Scutellum 

 elongate-trigonate, its apex acute. Elytra oblong, convex, 

 each elytron with eleven strongly punctured striae, the first 

 (basal) very short, the third to the eighth abbreviated long 

 before the apex and approximating in pairs, the fifth and 

 sixth abbreviated anteriorly, only commencing below the 

 humeral callus ; the interspaces smooth, those between each 

 double row of striae thickened and subcostate on the hinder 

 disk. 



Antipha chinensis. 



A. ovata, postice paullo ampliata, convexa, flavo-fulva, nitida, scu- 

 tello capiteque nigris, vertice seneo tincto ; elytris viridi-ameis, 

 fortiter crebre punctatis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Northern China. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate ; encarpae transverse-quadrate, 

 separated by a longitudinal groove, which runs upwards for 

 some distance on the front ; antennae slender, filiform, nearly 

 equal to the body in length, the third joint rather longer than 

 the second. Thorax about one half broader than Ion": : sides 



