Australian Species of Chrysomela, Phyllocharis, $!c. 259 



Sp. 2. Chalcomela illudens, n. sp. 



Rotundata, convexa, nitida, viridi-aenea, iiidescens, thoiace 

 postice purpureo-fasciato, elytris sutura angiiste, lined basali 

 arcuata maculaque post medium purpureis. 



Long. 3\ Hn. 



Rotundate, moderately convex, shining metallic green, thorax 

 and elytra with purple markings, visible only in certain lights. 

 Head smooth, between the eyes is a deep transverse groove ; 

 antennae black, the four basal joints fulvous, the third and fourth 

 stained with fuscous at their apex. Thorax shaped as in the former 

 species ; its surface indistinctly punctured, disc bright metallic 

 green, the base with a broad purple fascia. Scutellum smooth, 

 triangular. Elytra wider than the thorax, four times its length, 

 the sides rounded, slightly lobed at their base; above convex, 

 regularly and distinctly punctate-striatc, the interstices smootli, 

 impunctate, near the outer margin at the base is a large shallow 

 fovea ; surface iridescent metallic green, the suture, an arched 

 line at the base and a longitudinal patch below the middle, purple. 

 Beneath metallic brown, tinged with brassy green. 



Adelaide ? 



A single specimen in my own Collection. 



Sp. 3. Chalcomela insignis, n. sp. 



Rotundato-ovata, convexa, nitida, supra auro-aenea, thoracc 

 basi purpureo-fasciato, elytris singulo suturd plagdque pur- 

 pureis, subtus tote fulva. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Rotundate-ovatc, convex, above shining golden green, the base 

 of the thorax, the suture and a large irregular patch on each 

 elytron purple ; these markings have all a bright metallic green 

 border. Head finely punctured, deeply impressed between the 

 eyes, the lower portion of the face purple, labrum and antennae 

 fulvous. Thorax three times as broad as long ; the sides rounded, 

 narrowed from the base to the apex, anterior margin slightly 

 concave, sinuate, its middle feebly lobcd ; surface finely punc- 

 tured, brassy green, a short narrow line on the anterior margin, 

 and a broad fascia at the base, purple. Scutellum triangular, 

 pitchy red. Elytra broader than the thorax, three times its 

 length, their sides rounded, slightly sinuate ; surface deeply 

 punctate-striate, the stria3 subsulcate, interstices smooth and 

 shining, the suture and a large irregular patch on the disc purple ; 



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