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2. Doryxena geniculata, n. sp. 



Ovata, postice amphata, convexa, flava, nitida, scutello, gonu- 

 l)us tarsisque nigris ; thorace transvevso, lateribus pone medium 

 sinuatis, disco parce punctato, utrinque transversim excavato; 

 elytils palUde castaueis, postice amphatis, apice obtusis; supra 

 couvexis, sat crebre fortiter punctatis. Loug. (3^-7 -^ hn. 



Var. A. Elytris flavis. 



Hab. The Upper Hills. 



Vertex and front with a longitudinal groove, sparingly im- 

 pressed Avith large round punctures; encarpse well defined, large, 

 subpyriform, contiguous, upper half of clypeus thickened, the 

 carina obsolete; antenna? rather more than half the length of 

 the body, filiform, pale yellow. Thorax rather more than twice 

 as broad as long; sides nearly parallel, sinuate from the base 

 to the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex, the 

 anterior angles produced, thickened, subacute; basal margin 

 faintly bisinuate on either side, obtusely emarginate in front of 

 the scutellum, the outer angle thickened, obtuse ; disc trans- 

 versely excavated on either side, sparingly impressed with large 

 round punctures. Scutellum longer than broad, its sides straight 

 and converging from the base towards the apex, the latter broadly 

 obtuse. Elytra much broader than the thorax, broadly mar- 

 gined, increasing in width towards the apex, the apex itself 

 very obtuse ; upper surface convex, coarsely and rather closely 

 punctured. 



Genus galeruca, Geoff. 



1. Gdleriica submctallescens, u. sp. 



Elongata, nigra, nitida, pube adpressa grisea minus dense 

 vestita, supra ajneo micans, minus nitida ; thorace transverso, 

 lateribus rotundatis, medio obsolete angulatis ; disco late sed 

 leviter transversim excavato, rude rugoso ; elytris thorace 

 latioribus, anguste oblougis, parallelis, rude rugosis. Long. 4 lin, 



Hal:). Assam. 



Whole upper surface, the antenna^ excepted, ■ faintly tinged 

 Avith ajneous, and rather sparingly clothed with adpressed 

 griseous hairs ; head coarsely rugose ; antenna? rather more than 

 half the length of the body, the third joint about a third longer 

 than the second, equal in length to the fourth. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long; sides rounded, obsoletely angled in the middle; 

 disc transversely concave, only slightly depressed in the middle, 

 rather more deeply so on either side ; whole surface very coarsely 



