Australian Species of Chrysomela Phyllocharis, S^c. 179 



margin concave, the anterior angles subacute ; surface smooth, 

 shining ; on either side, within tlie lateral margin, are two deeply 

 impressed fbveae, on the disc are a few remote punctures, the sides 

 of the base coarsely punctured. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, nearly four times its length, the sides 

 oval, the apex rounded ; beneath the shoulder is a shallow fossa ; 

 surface of elytra finely punctate-striate at the base, irregularly 

 and indistinctly punctured behind. Beneath cupreous, the front 

 portion of the thorax, apex of abdomen and the legs red, their 

 tarsi black. Antipectus acutely toothed. 



In the Collections of Mr. Curtis and M. Deyrolle, From the 

 latter gentleman's specimens I have drawn the foregoing descrip- 

 tion. This insect is intermediate between cene'ipenms and punc- 

 ticollis ; from the former it is separated by the absence of lateral 

 fovese on the elytra, by their finer punctuation and the colour of the 

 abdomen ; from the latter by its smooth thorax : its smaller size 

 and ovate form will at once distinguish it from srandis. 



Sp. 4. Lamprolina punclicollis, n. sp. 

 Oblonga, rufa, nitida ; elytris abdomineque seneis, tarsis nigris, 

 thorace fortiter punctato, elytris punctato-striatis, prosterno 

 obsolete dentato. 

 Long. Sg — i lin. 



Var. A. Thorace nigro-notato. 



Oblong, shining red. Head coarsely punctured, vertex pitchy, 

 basal joints of antennas more or less stained with rufous, the 

 rest steel blue. Thorax transverse-quadrate, twice as broad as 

 long, its sides parallel, subsinuate, slightly enlarged and thickened 

 behind the anterior angles, which are acute, front margin concave ; 

 surface irregularly crowded with coarse punctures, the sides 

 variolose. Scutellum red. Elytra brassy green or cupreous, 

 nearly four times the length of the thorax ; their sides suboval, 

 slightly excavated below the shoulders, scarcely wider than the 

 latter at their base, apex obtusely rounded ; surface punctate- 

 striate, the striae irregular on the sides, punctures indistinct 

 towards the apex ; below the shoulder is a larger impression. 

 Abdomen blue green, coarsely wrinkled, its apex red. Legs red, 

 tarsi black. Antipectus obsoletely toothed. 



Var. A. Thorax with several black spots on the disc. 



Australia (Richmond River). 



In most Collections. 



N 2 



