382 Mr. JjALy's (kscn'jdwns a/ 



Thorax more than half as broad again as long ; sides diverging 

 at the base, and armed at the apex of the diverging portion with 

 a siibacute, setiferous tootli, immediately in front of which, 

 before the middle, they are deeply sinuate, in front they are 

 broadly dilated, the anterior angle armed with a subacute tooth ; 

 disc coarsely rugose-punctate, broadly excavated on either side, 

 and again more deeply, bi;t to a less extent, on the anterior half 

 of the middle disc ; the piceous patches, placed transversely on 

 the disc, are large but ill defined, and cover nearly the whole of 

 the surface. Scutellum narrowed from its base towards the 

 apex, the latter obtusely tnincato. Elytra oblong, nearly 

 parallel, deeply and coarsely punctured, densely clothed with 

 short suberect ffriseous hairs. 



24. Meri^'ta vitcriiipta. 



Galleruca interrupta, L, Redtb. in lliigers Kaschmir, iv, 

 p. 553, tab. xxvii, fig. 4 (1844). 

 Hab. Mui'ree, a single specimen. 



The transverse black patch differs greatly in extent in 

 different individuals, in some being entirely obsolete ; in the 

 specimen before me it is reduced to two small fuscous points 

 placed transversely on the middle disc. 



In this species, of which I possess many specimens from 

 various parts of India, the second and third joints of the an- 

 tenna? vary in relative length in the sexes ; in the $ these joints 

 are very short and nearly equal ; in the $ the third joint, though 

 short, is distinctly longer than the second. 



25. Leptartha collaris, n. sp. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, nigra, nitida ; thorace transverso, 

 fulvo ; elytra fortiter sat crebre puuctatis, castaneis, punctis 

 piceis, utrisque macula basali juxta suturam nigro-ainea notatis. 

 Long. 4-i— 5 lin. 



Hal). Murree ; in my own collection from Northern India. 



Vertex shining, impunctate ; encarpa; thickened, contiguous, 

 semi-lunate ; antennas nearly equal to the body in length, fili- 

 form, taperiag towards the apex, second and third joints very 

 short, equal. Thorax transverse, sides constricted behind the 



