290 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Pliytophaga. 



Narrower and more elongate than the preceding species ; in sculp- 

 ture, form of head, etc., precisely similar. The colouring of the 

 elytra appears to he very variable: the individual from which the 

 above description is taken has the surface of the elytra glabrous ; 

 but a specimen in the possession of Mr. Janson has the green por- 

 tion of the elytra sparingly covered with adpressed silvery hairs. 



Fam. Chrysomelidae. 



Genus Phyllocharis, Dalm. 

 Phyllocharis ornata. 



P. elongata, convexa, nigro-cserulea, nitida; capite (palpis antennisque 

 exceptis), thoracis lateribus, prosterno, metasteruo, abdominis margine 

 elytrisque rufo-fulvis, bis punctato-striatis, utroque vitta suturali 

 apice dilatata maculisque tribus, barum prima basi, secunda vix ante, 

 tertiaque pone medium longitudinaliter positis, nigro-easruleis. — 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Moreton Bay. 



Elongate, convex. Head punctured between the eyes, vertex smooth 

 and shining ; antenna? robust, longer than half the body. Thorax one- 

 third broader than long, apex slightly concave, sides straight and 

 pai-allel, slightly narrowed and rounded at their extreme apex ; above 

 moderately convex, thickened, finely punctured, disk impressed on 

 either side with a distinct fovea ; sides broadly edged with rufo-fulvous. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, elongate-ovate, each elytron with a 

 shallow transverse depression below the shoulder ; distinctly punctate, 

 the punctures being arranged in eleven rows, the first abbreviated ; the 

 nigro-ca?ruleous patches on each elytron are placed as follows : the first, 

 small, transversely ovate, basal, covering the humeral callus ; the second, 

 large, oblong, slightly emarginate on the outer edge, extending from the 

 transverse depression as far as the middle of the elytron ; the third, 

 somewhat smaller than the last, transversely oblong, is placed imme- 

 diately behind the middle, extending on its outer side nearly to the 

 lateral margin. 



In form nearly allied to Ph.Jlexuosa, which species it also most 

 closely approaches in the coloration. 



Phyllocharis melanospila . 



P. elongata, convexa, nitida, subtus nigra; thoracis lateribus, sterno, 

 postpectore abdominisque margine rufo-fulvis, pedibus nigro-piceis ; 

 supra rufo-fulva ; antennis submoniliformibus, nigro-creruleis, articulo 

 ultimo fulvo ; capitis macula frontali, thoracis maculis quatuor trans- 

 versim positis, plagaque transversa basali, scutello, elytrorumque sutura 

 postice maculisque duodecim 2-342T positis, nigris. — Long. 3 lin. 



J[uh. Moreton Bav. 



