Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, Sec. 243 



Subgenus 2. Australica. 



Antennae dimidio corporis breviores, subincrassatae vel sub- 

 clavatse, articulis 3tio ad 5tum filiformibus, tertio elongate, 

 caeteris ad apicem graduatim incrassatis, compressis. Pro- 

 sternum non vel vix elevatum, basi bilobatum. Corpus ovatum 

 vel elongatum, maris tarsoruni articulo basali vix dilatato. 



The present subgenus contains by far the largest number of 

 species ; in many the longitudinal ridge on the prosternum is en- 

 tirely absent; vvlienever present, its apex is gradually lost in the 

 surface of the antipectus, and never abruptly truncate, or produced 

 into a tooth. 



I. Disc of the elytra irregularly punctate, or with more than ten 

 rows of slr'ice on each. 



Sp. 1. Australica Curtisii, (Kirby.) 



Oblongo-elongata, sanguinea, profunde punctata, thoracis vitta. 



dorsali punctoque utrinque viridi-aureis, elytris cyaneis vel 



viridi-aureis, limbo omni sanguineo, punctato-striato, subtus 



nigro-cyanea, pedibus sanguineis, genubus tarsisque nigris. 



Long. 3 — 3J lin. 



Chrysomela Curtisii, Kirby, Lin. Trans., xii. 473, n. S^, ph 



23, fig. 12. 

 Var. A. Pallidior, elytrorum disco profunde punctato-subrugoso, 

 subtus nigro-cyanea, pedibus fulvis, femoribus 

 puncto apicali nigro. 

 Chrysomela Curtisii, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol., 577. 

 Chrysomela punctipes, Germ. Lin. Ent., iii. 23G. 

 Var. B. Infra pallida, nigro-senea infuscata. 

 Var. C. Elytrorum limbo obscure nigro-seneo, 

 Var, D. Supra tote viridi-aenea. 



Oblong-elongate, sanguineous, deeply punctured. Head shining, 

 coarsely punctured, deeply impressed between the eyes ; antennae 

 black, three or four basal joints fulvous beneath. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, its sides parallel behind, rounded and narrowed 

 at the apex, the anterior angles acute, front margin concave ; 

 surface coarsely punctured, sides subvariolose, a broad dorsal 

 vitta, dilated in the middle, and a small spot on either side in 

 front, blue or brassy green. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. 

 Elytra nearly four times the length of the thorax, rather wider at 

 their base; sides parallel, apex rounded; above convex, the disc 



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