Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharisy &;c. 251 



subacuminate, smooth. Elytra parallel, slightly broader than the 

 thorax, more than three times its length, sides subsinuate, apex 

 rounded ; surface brassy brown, with a pale fulvous border, punc- 

 tate-striate, the punctures irregularly placed on the stria?, each of 

 the latter being composed of more than one row of impressions. 

 Beneath entirely fulvous. 



In the British Museum and my own Collection. 



Sp. 1 4. Australica circumfusa, Chevr. 



Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nitida rubra; elytris punctato-striatis, 

 cupreis, margine fulvo, subtus picea, prothorace, sterno femo- 

 ribusque rubris. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, shining red, elytra cupreous, narrowly 

 margined with pale fulvous. Head smooth, indistinctly punctured, 

 face excavated between the eyes, subrugose ; antennse half the 

 lengtli of the body, black, the basal joint pale fulvous. Thorax 

 three times as broad as long ; the sides parallel behind, rounded 

 and narrowed towards their apex, front margin deeply concave, 

 the anterior angles obtuse ; surface with a few scattered punctures, 

 smooth and shining. Scutellum smooth, triangular, cupreous. 

 Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, more than three times 

 its length, their sides nearly parallel, the apex obtusely rounded ; 

 above convex, regularly punctate-striate, cupreous, the entire 

 margin pale fulvous ; on the sides near the base are placed two 

 shallow foveas, interstices indistinctly punctured. Beneath with 

 the abdomen pitchy ; prothorax, sternum and thighs red. 



This insect is unique in the fine Collection of Mons. Chevrolat, 

 who has kindly placed it in my hands for examination ; in the length 

 of its antenna? and in shape it forms a link between the present and 

 succeeding sub-genera. 



Subgenus 3. Stethomela. 



AntenuiS dimidii corporis longitudine, subincrassatae, articulis 

 elongatis. Prosternum vaWe carinatum, antice truncatum, basi 

 bilobatum. Corpus robustum, oblongum, convexum. Pedes 

 maris articulo tarsorum basali distincte dilatato. 



The prosternum is abruptly truncate anteriorly, its lower surface 

 being broad and flat, sometimes grooved. 



