Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, 8fc. 255 



the sides ovate, sinuate ; above convex, golden-green, finely and 

 regularly punctate-striate, below the shoulders is a deeply im- 

 pressed, transverse fossa ; on the anterior part of the surface is a 

 broad brassy green fascia, which commences beneath the humeral 

 callus and extends obliquely across each elytron to the middle of 

 the suture, on its outer half is a large violet blue stain ; behind the 

 middle is placed a large indistinctly defined triangular patch, dull 

 metallic green. Beneath with the legs violet blue. 



Richmond River. 



Unique, in the British Museum. 



Sp. 3. Augomda hyj}ochaIcea (Germ.) 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, auro-aenea, elytris punctato-striatis, 

 fusco- vel atro-violaceis, lateribus viridi-eeneis, pedibus cy- 

 aneis, tarsis latis. 



Long. 31— 4| lin. 



Chrysomela hypochalcea, Germ. Lin. Ent., iii. 236. 

 Var. A. Elytris viridi-aureis, aeneo reflectis. 



Ovate, convex, shining golden green, elytra dark metallic violet 

 brown or black, brassy green on the sides. Head deep violet 

 blue, impressed on the face, coarsely and irregularly punctured ; 

 antennae rather longer than the thorax, the four or five basal 

 joints pitchy, the rest black. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 as long, the sides rounded, narrowed from the base towards the 

 apex, indistinctly thickened, the front margin concave ; surface 

 stained behind and in front with violet blue, minutely and closely 

 punctured, with a few deeper impressions scattered singly over 

 the disc, and rather more crowded at the sides. Scutellum 

 smooth, dark metallic green. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax, three times its length, their sides ovate, sinuate behind 

 the middle, the apex obtusely rounded ; above convex, regularly 

 and finely punctate-striate, interstices minutely punctured ; below 

 the shoulders is an interrupted transverse fossa, extending across 

 the six outer striae, the latter between the base and middle of the 

 elytron lacunose ; surface obscure violet brown or black, tinged 

 with metallic green on the sides and base, on the transverse fossa 

 is a violet blue patch. Beneath with the legs deep blue, the tarsi 

 short and broad, their second joint being equal in width to the 

 third. 



Var. A. Elytra golden green, with a brassy tinge. 



Adelaide, not uncommon, Var. A. Richmond River, 



