292 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Phytophaga. 



transverse depression, which commencing just within the suture ter- 

 minates close to the outer border in a large deep fovea ; the puncturing 

 on the transverse groove deeper and coarser than elsewhere. 



Allied in form to Ph. sinuata, but much smaller, the bands on the 

 elytra narrower and much more sinuous. 



Phyllocharis violaceipennis. 



P. subelongata, postice paullo angustata, rufo-testacea, nitida; elytris 

 violaceo-cupreis, nitidissimis ; antennis nigris. — Long. 2} lin. 



Hub. Dorev, New Guinea. 



Subelongate, slightly narrowed behind, shining rufo-testaceous ; 

 elytra violet-copper ; antennae black. Head shining, impunctate ; cly- 

 peus separated from the face by an angular groove, the apex of which 

 is rounded ; antenna? two-thirds the length of the body, robust, four 

 basal joints shining, pitchy beneath. Thorax twice as broad as long; 

 apex slightly concave-emarginate ; sides straight and subparallel, 

 nan-owed and rounded in front, apex of anterior angles subacute ; above 

 transversely convex, siu-face smooth and shining, very remotely punc- 

 tured, sides near the base impressed with numerous large round punc- 

 tures. Scutellum semiovate, rufo-piceous. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, narrowly subovate, slightly narrowed towards their apex, the 

 apex itself subacutely rounded; above convex, sinuate on the sides 

 below the shoulder ; each elytron impressed with eleven rows of fine 

 but deep punctures, the first row abbreviated; interspaces distantly 

 impressed with fine but distinct punctures, which are often arranged in 

 a single row down the centre of the interspaces. Beneath shining rufo- 

 testaceous, palpi pale piceous. 



Phyllocharis Wallacei. 



P. subelongata, met allico-caerulea, nitida; thorace pedibusque chalybeis. 

 — Long. 2^ lin. 



Hub. Batchian. 



Subelongate, dark shining metallic blue, thorax and legs bright 

 steel-blue. Head smooth and shining, impunctate ; clypeus separated 

 from the face by a deeply impressed angular groove, from the apex of 

 which a shallow curved groove runs obliquely upwards on either side 

 to the upper portion of the eyes ; labrum piceous, its outer edge obscure 

 fulvous, its surface sparingly covered with coarse white hairs ; antenna? 

 robust, scarcely more than half the length of the body, four basal joints 

 glabrous, shining, the rest opake, covered with short black pubescence. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long; apex slightly concave-emarginate; 

 sides nearly straight and subparallel, narrowed and rounded in front, 

 apex of anterior angles obtuse ; above convex, smooth and shining, 

 sparingly impressed here and there with a few deep punctures. Scu- 

 tellum smooth and shining, semiovate. Elytra broader than the tho- 



