Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, Sf^c. 173 



disposed in irregular striae near the suture; just before the 

 middle is a broad, deep blue, flexuose, transverse band, from 

 which a broad process passes upwards along the suture to the 

 base ; below the middle is a second band, from which a narrower 

 process runs downwards to the apex of the elytra. Beneath deep 

 blue, sides and apex of abdomen red. 



Var. A. The posterior half of the elytra, a short process 

 nnming upwards along the suture, and some spots 

 near the base, deep blue ; near the apex of the 

 elytra is a small marginal red spot. This ap- 

 pears to be but an extreme variety, as it agrees 

 with the common form in every thing but colour- 

 ing. A single specimen, on which Fabricius 

 founded his description, is in the Banksian Cabinet. 

 The great dissimilarity in colouring has led Olivier 

 and others to describe the ordinary form under the 

 name of sinuata. 1 have however no doubt but 

 that they are both belonging to the same species. 



The typical form is in many Collections. Var. A. in the 

 Banksian Cabinet. 



Sp. 3. PhyUocharh leoparda, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovata, rufa ; capite maculd, thorace lineis duabus in- 



terruptis elytrisque maculis undecim nigris. 

 Long. 2| lin. 



Oblong ovate, narrowed behind, sl)ining red; a triangular 

 patch on the face, and several stains in front, pitchy. Antennae 

 black. Thorax transverse, twice as broad as long, narrowed in 

 front, sides slightly rounded, front margin slightly concave, an- 

 terior angles acute; surface convex, a few fine punctures on 

 the disc, which is smooth and shining ; the sides of the base with 

 a few coarse punctures ; on either side the medial line is a 

 narrow, longitudinal line, interrupted in the centre, pitchy black ; 

 just within the anterior angle is also a small spot, the same colour. 

 Scutellum smooth, pitchy black. Elytra three times the length 

 of the thorax, ovate-elongate, narrowed towards the apex, the 

 latter acutely rounded ; surface punctate-striate, the puncturing 

 less distinct towards the apex; on the side, beneath the shoulder, 

 is a large, shallow depression ; the suture and eleven spots pitchy 

 black; the latter placed on the surface of the elytra as follows — 



