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



This curious insect, which, as well as conslricta, differs from 

 the rest of the species in its nearly square thorax and broad elytra, 

 when seen in certain positions somewhat resembles a Notiophilus ; 

 its tuberculatcd thorax representing the prominent eyes of the latter 

 genus. 



Sp. 2. Chalcolamjira constncta, (Erich.) 



Elongata, ovata, convexa ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, viridi- (vel 

 fusco)-3enea, ore, antennis, thoracis angustioris margine, tibiis 

 tarsisque testaceis, elytris punctato-striatis, margine lineo- 

 lisque nonnullis, flavis. 



Long. 3 — 4 lin. 



Chrysomela conslricta, Erich. Arch, fur Nat. 1842, f. 230. 

 Australical strigipennis, White, in Stoke's Voyage, Append. 

 .'il2, pi. 2, fig. 9. 



Elongate-ovate, brassy green (or fuscous), shining. Mouth and 

 antennae testaceous, the latter filiform, slightly thickened towards 

 the apex. Face sparingly and indistinctly punctured, slightly 

 canaliculated, separated from the clypeus by a deep curved groove. 

 Thorax much narrower than the elytra, scarcely broader than 

 long, the sides parallel, the base and apex truncate ; surface 

 slightly convex, sparingly covered with deep coarse punctures, 

 margin testaceous. Scutellum smooth. Elytra oblong ovate, 

 convex, deeply punctate-striate, the puncturing less deep near the 

 apex ; the lateral margin, a short line on the middle of the last 

 interstice, a longer one on the last but one, confluent behind with 

 the margin, and a shorter stria on the last but two, near its middle, 

 yellow. Legs, coxae and trochanters pitchy testaceous, thighs 

 brassy, tibiae and tarsi yellow testaceous. 



Van Diemen's Land (Erichson). 



Melbourne, my Collection. 



An insect in the collection of the British Museum, described 

 by Mr. A. White under the name of Australica strigipenms, 

 agrees with the above in all particulars except its colour, which is 

 fuscous. I have a single specimen in my own collection from 

 Melbourne, somewhat larger, its thorax rather wider and slightly 

 rounded on the sides, the yellow markings on the thorax and 

 elytra absent, with the exception of a few spots at the base of the 

 latter, and a single stria running along the posterior half of the 

 third interstice from the margin ; it is probably a variety of the 

 other sex ; it would doubtless be found in a long series to vary 

 much in its markings. 



