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



coarsely and irregularly punctured, metallic blue or green, limb 

 entirely fulvous, punctate-striate. Beneath dark metallic blue or 

 green, antipectus and legs sanguineous, the knees and tarsi black; 

 prosternum deeply grooved, coarsely punctured. 



Var. A. Paler, disc of the elytra more coarsely punctured, 

 sub-riigose ; legs fulvous, thighs with an apical 

 black spot. 

 Var. B. Beneath pale, more or less stained with brassy black. 

 Var. C. Limb of the elytra obscure brassy black; legs as in 



the type. 

 Var. D. Above entirely metallic green. 



South Australia ; Tasmania. Var. A. Adelaide. Var. C. 

 Melbourne, Mr. Barton. 



In most Collections. Var. C. in the British Museum and my 

 own Collection. Var. D. in that of Mr. Westwood. 



Sp. 2. Australlca Mac Leayi, (Boisd.) 

 Oblongo-elongata, fulva, profunde punctata, antennis, tarsis 



scutelloque nigris, elytris viridi-aureis, irregulariter punc- 



tatis, limbo omni fulvo, punctato-striato. 

 Long. 2^ lin. 



Chrysomela Mac Leayi, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrolabe, 577. 

 Chrysomela colorata, Germ. Lin. Ent., iii. 237. 



Nearly allied to Curtisii, but smaller and entirely fulvous 

 beneath. Oblong-elongate, deeply punctured, elytra brassy green, 

 limb entirely fulvous. Head rugose-punctate, deeply impressed 

 in front; on the vertex is a short black line, four basal joints of 

 antenna2 pale, the rest black. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 sides nearly straight behind, rounded and narrowed in front, 

 anterior margin concave ; disc coarsely punctate, sides variolosa. 

 Scutellum smooth, black, Elytra scarcely broader than the 

 thorax, three times its length, parallel in front, their apex 

 rounded ; surface slightly excavated behind the shoulders, disc 

 brassy green, irregularly punctured, limb entirely fulvous, punc- 

 tate-striate. Beneath fulvous, apex of tibiae and the tarsi black ; 

 prosternum plain, or but slightly grooved. 



South Australia, common. 



This insect is separated from A. Curtisii by its smaller size, im- 

 maculate thorax, and the pale under surface, without metallic 

 tinge; it is however very difficult to distinguish from pale varieties 

 of that species. 



