564 ME. M. JACOB Y ON THE [May 18, 



to tbe middle of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal four joints black, 

 the basal joint short and thick, the third and fourth equal, the 

 fifth longer, the terminal joints sHghtly thickened, pubescent; 

 thorax scarcely one-half broader than long in the male, more 

 transverse in the female, the sides rounded at the middle, obliquely 

 narrowed towards the apex, the anterior angles shghtly thickened, 

 the disc entirely impunctate, the basal sulcus deep, slightly sinuate, 

 and limited at the sides by a perpendicular groove, another more 

 obsolete transverse depression is seen in certain lights anteriorly ; 

 elytra with the basal portion slightly raised, entirely impunctate 

 like the thorax : underside sometimes of a more flavous colour ; 

 the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi more or less black ; posterior 

 femora moderately thickened ; anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Hal. Madagascar, Diego-Suarez (C/^. v4^ZMrtMfZ). 



Neodera was founded by Duvivier on some nearly similarly 

 coloured species of Halticidae, agreeing in the main points with 

 Pseudodera and Crepidodera, but differmg in the total absence of 

 any punctuation, the shape of the thorax and its sulcus, which 

 resembles somewhat that of Phygasia. I am unable to discover 

 any spines on the anterior tibiae, and those at the posterior ones 

 are very small ; the tibiae are not channelled. The present 

 insect diifers from its alhes and those described by v. Harold as 

 Crepidodera {picticornis, varicornis, and madagassa) by the colour 

 of the antennae, which is the same in three specimens before me. 



Neodera teanstersicollis, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 6.) 



Fulvous, the last seven joints of the antennte black; thorax 

 transverse, impunctate; elytra with some punctures near the 

 suture only. 



Length 3 lines. 



Jt will only be necessary to point out the differences between 

 this species and the preceding, which it otherwise resembles. It is 

 a much larger insect ; the antennae have only the four lower joints 

 fulvous, the others are black and rather short ; the thorax is nearly 

 twice as broad as long, the anterior angles are produced obliquely 

 outwards, and the basal sulcus is very deep and broad ; the elytra 

 show a row of punctures close to the suture as far as the middle : 

 the tarsi are obscure piceous. 



Hah. Madagascar. A single female specimen (coll. Jacohy). 



Galerttcinje. 



LtrPERrs giganteus, n. sp. 



Metallic blue ; thorax transverse, nearly impunctate ; elytra 

 very finely and closely punctured. 



Length 3|-4 lines. 



Head with a few extremely fine punctures near the eyes, the 

 latter very large, frontal elevations transverse ; clypeus distinctly 

 sw^ollen ; labrum black, its anterior edge fiavous ; antennae ex- 

 tending beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the lower three 



