186 Mr. Baly's Monograph of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, S^c. 



Sp. 9. Chaleolampra IS-gidtata, Fab. 



Ovata ; elytris fuscis, punctis octo pallidis quibusdarn connexis. 

 Chrysomela IS-guttata, Fab. Entom. Syst., i. 322. 

 Phyllocharis l8-gutlata, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol., 575. 



Head pale fulvous, with a basal spot and the antennae black. 

 Thorax transverse, above convex, pale fulvous, with three fuscous 

 spots on the disc. Elytra finely punctate-striate, fuscous, with 

 eight pale fulvous spots, sometimes connected at the base. Ab- 

 domen black, the margin pale. 



The specimens in the Banksian Cabinet, described by Fabricius, 

 are in too imperfect a state for examining the parts of the mouth, 

 or for detailed description. I have however no doubt that they 

 belong to the present genus ; there are several nearly allied spe- 

 cies from Ceylon and other Islands of the Indian Ocean. 



Species not known to me. 

 Chrysomela pacijica, Erich. 

 Sub-elongata, senea, nitida ; ore tibiisque piceis, pygidio tes- 



taceo, elytris subtiliter striato-punctatis. 

 Long. 2;^ lin. 



Erich. Arch. f. Nat. 1842, f. 238. 



Chrysomela aucta, duplo major et paulo magis elongata, sub- 

 cylindrica, aenea, nitidula. Antennae picese. Caput fronte 

 sparsim, medio subtiliter, lateribus fortius punctata utrinque 

 sulcata, clypeo parum convexo, sulco arcuato a fronte dis- 

 tincto, ore piceo. Thorax coleopteris paulo angustior, lati- 

 tudine plus dimidio brevior, lateribus subrotundatus, basi 

 leviter rotundatus, apice leviter emarginatus, leniter con- 

 vexus, dense subtiliter punctatus, ante latera utrinque punctis 

 majoribus conspersus, dorso utrinque subimpressus. Scutel- 

 lum laeve. Coleoptera oblonga parallela, leniter convexa, 

 subtiliter striato-punctata, punctis apicem versus obsole- 

 scentibus, intersticiis omnium subtilissime transversim stri- 

 gosis. Abdomen segmento ultimo inferiori margine piceo, 

 superiori toto laete testaceo. Pedes tibiis apice tarsisque 

 piceis. Unguiculi basi obsolete dentati. 



Van Diemen's Land. 



