Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, Sfc. 245 



Sp. 3. Australica Barloni, n. sp. 



Oblongo-elongata, profunde punctata, pallida fulva, vertice 

 viridi-seneo, thoracis line4 dorsali, genubus tarsisque nigris, 

 elytrorum disco irregulariter punctate, viridi-aeneo, limbo 

 omni fulvo, punctato-striato. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Oblong-elongate, deeply punctured, pale fulvous, vertex and disc 

 of elytra brassy green, a dorsal line on the thorax, the knees and 

 tarsi black. Head coarsely punctured, deeply impressed between 

 the eyes; antennae black, the three basal joints pitchy. Thorax 

 more than twice as broad as long, parallel, rounded and narrowed 

 towards the apex, front margin slightly concave; disc coarsely 

 punctured, the sides variolose ; in the middle of the thorax is a 

 black longitudinal line, its posterior third broadly dilated. Scu- 

 tellum smooth, brassy green. Elytra parallel, scarcely wider 

 than the thorax, three times its length, the disc brassy green, 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured, limb pale fulvous, punctate- 

 striate. Beneath pale fulvous, sides of the pleura pitchy; knees 

 and tarsi black. 



Melbourne, Mr. Barton. 



In the Collections of the British Museum, Mr. Janson and my 

 own. 



Closely allied to A. Curlisii, differing chiefly in its larger size, 

 pale underside and the shape of the dorsal line on the thorax ; 

 this in the former insect is dilated in its middle, but in the present 

 one the enlargement occurs much nearer the base. 



Sp. 4. Australica cingidata, n. sp. 



Oblongo-elongata, convexa, nitida rubra; elytris cyaneis, rubrt 

 marginatis. 



Long. 4^ lin. 



Oblong-elongate, convex, shining red. Elytra deep metallic 

 blue, their outer border red. Head coarsely punctured between 

 the eyes ; antennae rather longer than the thorax, black, the three 

 basal joints pitchy red. Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides 

 parallel and subsinuate behind, rounded and narrowed in front, 

 anterior margin concave ; surface coarsely, disc distantly punc- 

 tured. Scutellum smooth, triangular, metallic red. Elytra rather 

 broader than the thorax, more than three times its length, sides 

 parallel in front, gradually rounded to the apex behind ; surface 

 convex, slightly sinuate below the shoulders, punctate-striate ; 



