Australian Species of Ckrysomela, Phyllocharis, Src. 183 



II. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, their sides more or less 



parallel. 

 Sp. 3. Chalcolampra thoracica, n. sp. (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Elongata, fusco-aenea ; thoracis lateribus fulvis, puncto rotun- 

 dato fusco. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Elongate, brassy-brown. Head shining, face separated from the 

 clypeus by a deep groove, mouth and vertex fulvous. Antennae half 

 the length of the body, slightly increased in thickness towards the 

 apex. Thorax transverse, two-thirds as long as broad, anterior 

 margin slightly concave, sides rounded in front, nearly straight 

 and slightly narrowed behind; surface convex, with a few distinct 

 punctures scattered over the disc, more crowded at the base ; sides 

 broadly fulvous ; on the margin in front is a large round spot, the 

 same colour as the disc. Elytra rather broader than the thorax, 

 three times the length, their sides oval, apex acutely rounded ; 

 surface shining, punctate-striate, near the apex the puncturing is 

 much fainter and irregular. 



Adelaide. 



In the Collections of Mr. Waterhouse, the British Museum and 

 my own. 



Sp. 4. Chalcolampra parallela, (Germ.) 



Elongata, fusco-aenea ; antennis ferrugineis, pedibus piceis, 

 thorace disco remote, lateribus confertim punctato, elytris 

 punctato-striatis. 



Long. 3 lin, 



Chrysomela parallela, Germ. Lin. Ent., v. 3, fig. 237. 



Elongate, brassy-brown. Antennae red, half the length of the 

 body, slender, filiform, slightly thickening by degrees towards the 

 apex, third joint elongate. Head slightly punctured, face separated 

 from the clypeus by a deep semicircular groove, mouth pitchy. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded in front, anterior 

 margin slightly concave, hinder rounded, its disc remotely, sides 

 more closely punctured, Scutellum smooth. Elytra slightly 

 broader than, and three times the length of the thorax, their sides 

 parallel, apex obtusely rounded; surface punctate-striate. Body 

 beneath nigro-aeneous, punctured; apex of tibiae and the tarsi paler. 



Adelaide (Germar). 



Some specimens in the British Museum, formerly in the Cabinet 

 of the Entomological Club, sent from Adelaide by Mr. Davis, 

 agree in most particulars with the above description ; they are 

 rather smaller, and the antennae are scarcely half the length of 

 the body ; they are possibly the other sex. 



