Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, S^c. 253 



slightly tinged with yellow. Scutellum triangular, yellowish 

 green. Elytra more than three times the length of the thorax, 

 distinctly punctate-striate, the punctures irregularly disposed on 

 the striae ; on the sides in front are four or five large shallow 

 depressions. Beneath pale yellow. Apex of prosternum produced 

 into an obtuse tooth. 



A single specimen in the British Museum. 



Sp. 3. Stethomela poroptera, n. sp. 



Oblonga, nitida, cupreo-senea ; elytris punctato-striatis, punctis 



magnis, fortiter impressis, pedibus rufo-piceis. 

 Long. 5 — 5^ lin. 



Oblong, shining cupreous, with a brassy green reflection. 

 Head shining, finely and sparingly punctured ; antennae half the 

 length of the body, nigro-piceous, the four basal joints rufous. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, its sides narrowly margined, 

 nearly straight behind, rounded and narrowed towards the apex, 

 sinuate behind the anterior angles, the latter slightly produced, 

 subacute ; surface deeply punctured, punctures distinct on the 

 disc, crowded and variolosa at the sides. Scutellum triangular, 

 smooth. Elytra convex, parallel in front, broader than the thorax, 

 three times its length, the sides sinuate ; surface deeply punctate- 

 striate, each stria consisting of a single row of large, deeply 

 excavated, brassy green punctures, those on the striae near the 

 suture more closely placed and smaller than the rest. Beneath 

 cupreous, legs pitchy red, tarsi paler. 



Richmond River. 



In the Collections of the British Museum, M. Deyrolle, Messrs. 

 Sheppard, Waterhouse and my own. 



Subgenus 4. Augomela. 



Anlenn<je dimidio corporis breviores, subclavatae, articulis 2 — 4 

 filiformibus, cseteris ad apicem graduatim incrassatis, com- 

 pressis. Prosternum cdLxmainm, basi bilobatum, antice obtuse 

 truncatum, vel dente obtuso productum. Corpus ovatum, 

 convexum ; maris tarsorum articulo basali dilatato. 



These insects are the most brilliant of the whole genus, all the 

 known species being highly metallic and iridescent. 



