180 Mr. 0. E. Jauson's Dcscriptiuns of two 



furnished ou the underside with numerous spines or 

 bristles. 



Espercance Bay. Coll. Pamj. 



This insect bears a general resemblance to D. nigriccps, 

 Blanch., but its larger size, liner punctuation, the depressed 

 suture of its elytra, its fringed posterior tibiae, its large 

 swollen and thickly pubescent pygidium, and the dense 

 long ashy pubescence of its under side and femora, inde- 

 pendent of other differences, suffice to distinguish it. 



The only specimen I have seen of this line insect has 

 been kindly lent to me for description by Major Parry, to 

 whom it was presented by Count de Mniszech, in whose 

 magnificent Collection is another example, both are from 

 the Collection of Count Castelnau and are males. 



Eupcecila inscripta, n. sp. 



riavo-viridis, fere laevigata, nitida ; clypeo profunde 

 exciso ; thorace postice nigro marginato, dorso macvila 

 magna, litene W inversas Ibrmi, nigra notato ; elytris 

 puncto trifido humerali, sutura margineque externa, fascia 

 angusta interrupta media, alteraque lata sinuata postica 

 nigris; pygidio trans versim aciculato, plaga media nigra 

 notato. Long 10 lin. 



Yellowish-green, nearly smooth, shining, head and thorax 

 with a reddish tint. 



Head with a few scattered shallow punctures at the base ; 

 clypeus closely punctured, sides rounded, apex produced 

 and deepily excised, with two minute spots and a semi- 

 circular mark between the eyes black ; apex of clypeus, 

 antenme and palpi reddish-brown. 



Tlwrax with disc smooth, the sides sparsely and obso- 

 letely punctate, anterior margin bisinuate, anterior angles 

 acute, posterior margin strongly trisinuate, the disc with 

 four oblique black lines uniting so as to form a reversed W. 



Scutcllum impunctate. 



Elijtra smooth, but somewhat thickly strewn with minute 



