294 Mr. J. S. Bnly on the Phytophaga. 



on the face; jaws deeply punctate, their apex black; antennae slender, 

 filiform. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long; apex slightly 

 concave-em argi na te ; Rides rotundate-anguatate in front, more quickly 

 narrowed at the apex, nearly straight and parallel behind, anterior and 

 posterior angles slightly produced, acute ; above moderately convex, 

 smooth and shining, sparingly impressed with fine but distinct punc- 

 tures ; sides near the anterior angles obsoletely excavated ; extreme 

 lateral and basal margins indistinctly edged with piceous. Scutellum 

 semiovate, smooth and shining. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 nearly twice as long as broad, nitidous, bright metallic green ; sides 

 subparallel, apex regularly rounded; above convex, each elytron with 

 eleven rows of distinct punctures, the first abbreviated, outer row placed 

 on the extreme lateral margin, subsulcate ; striae towards their apex 

 much more finely impressed, nearly obsolete; interspaces smooth and 

 shining, impunctate ; each elytron also impressed with two deep foveae 

 placed transversely immediately below the shoulder, the outer one on 

 the lateral border larger and deeper than the other, which is ovate and 

 placed in the middle of the disk; on the outer margin beyond its 

 middle are also several indistinct foveae. 



Stethomela scintillans. 



S. oblonga, convexa, nitida, obscure rufo-picea, eupreo-micans ; antennis 

 extrorsum nigris : pedibus obscure rufis, genibus cupreis ; supra cuprea, 

 nitidissima; thoraee transverso, disco subremote, lateribus subcrebre 

 viridi-seneo punctato; elytris punctato-striatis. punctis viridi-aeneis. — 

 Loop-. 5 lin. 



Hab. Dorey, New Guinea. 



Oblong, convex. Face deeply impressed between the eyes, lower 

 portion distinctly punctured, vertex remotely covered with minute 

 punctures. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, apex deeply 

 concave, sides nearly straight, narrowed from base to apex, rounded in 

 front, posterior angles slightly produced ; surface covered with moderate- 

 sized but deep punctures, which have a strong brassy -green reflexion. 

 Bach elytron impressed with eleven rows of similar punctures, the first 

 row abbreviated ; the punctures on each stria irregularly arranged in 

 a single line. 



Genus Chalcomjela, Baly. 

 ( 'halcomela ornatissima. 



C. rotundata, valde convexa, nitido-cuprea ; pedibus, ore antennisque rufo- 

 fulvis, his extrorsum nigris; elytris punctato-striatis, albo-flavis, sin- 

 gulatim limbo basi angustato et ad angulum suturalem dilatato, maculis 

 duabus, harum una humerali, altera pone medium, utraque limbo ad- 

 lixa, plagaque magna irregulari communi prope medium posita nitido- 

 cupreis. — Long. 2^ lin. 



I !el>. Dawson's liiver, Queensland, Australia. 



E^otundate, very convex, shining cupreous; lower portion of face. 



