172 Mr. J. S. Baly's Monograph of the 



and transverse ; lastly, one triangular, apical, sending a short thick 

 ramus upwards along the suture. Beneath red, sides of the pleura, 

 base of abdomen and legs deep blue. 



Var. A. The two lateral spots on the thorax obsolete, the 

 four posterior spots on the elytra united in the form 

 of a cross. 



Var. B. Two anterior spots on the elytra united. 



Var. C. Two anterior spots entirely wanting. 



This species is found in the more northern parts of Australia. 

 It is rather rare in Collections. The type is in the Banksian 

 Cabinet. I have also specimens in my own Collection. Var. A. 

 in the British Museum Collection. Vnr. B. and C. in that of 

 M. Deyrolle. 



Sp. 2. Phyllocluiris cyan'q^es, (Fabr.) 



Oblonga, rufa, nitida ; antennis, pedibus, fasciisque duabus 



elytrorum cyaneis. 

 Long 3\ — 4^ lin. 



Clirysomela sinuata, Oliv., v. 543, tab. 7, fig. 100. 

 PhyUocharis sinuata, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol,, 573. 

 Phyllocharis cyanitarsis, Cuvier, Regne Animal, pi. 73, fig. 1. 

 PhyUocharis cyanipes, Homb. et Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, Zool. 



iv. 330, Atlas, pi. 18, fig. 18. 

 Var. A. Rufa, nitida ; elytris punctis posticeque cyaneis. 

 Chrysomela cyanipes, Fabr. Syst. Ent., i. 320, n. 60; Syst. El., 



i. 436, n. 84; Oliv. Ent., v. 541, tab. 4, 



fig. 50. 

 PhyUocharis cyanipes, Dalm. Eph. Ent., 21. 



Oblong, shining red. Face deeply impressed. Antennae deep 

 blue. Thorax narrowly margined, twice as broad as long, rather 

 wider in front, the sides nearly parallel, slightly convex anteriorly, 

 front margin concave, anterior angles subacute ; surface convex, 

 swollen in front, smooth ; on the disc are a few indistinct punc- 

 tures, a few coarse punctures are placed along the base at its 

 extreme edge ; on either side of the base is a shallow punctured 

 fovea, the posterior margin of the thorax blue black in the centre. 

 Scutellum smooth, blue. Elytra nearly four times the length of 

 the thorax, apex obtusely rounded, their sides more parallel than 

 in cyanicornis, slightly excavated behind the shoulders ; surface 

 irregularly punctured, the punctures indistinct towards the apex. 



