1885.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF JAPAN. 745 



Galerucella semifulva, sp. nov. (Plate XLVI. fig. 11.) 



Ovate-oblong, convex ; head, antennae, breast, and legs black ; 

 thorax fulvous, the disk black ; elytra closely punctured and finely 

 pubescent, rufous or fulvous ; abdomen testaceous. 



Length 2^ lines. 



Head closely rugose-punctate, black, the lower part of the face 

 testaceous ; the frontal tubercles but slightly raised, but separated by 

 a narrow groove. Antenn<e rather more than half the length of the 

 body, black, the underside of the lower joints more or less testaceous, 

 the third joint distinctly longer than the second or the fourth. 

 Thorax narrowly transverse, tliree times as broad as long, the sides 

 distinctly rounded at the middle, the angles tuberculiform, the 

 anterior ones furnished with a single seta ; the surface rather deeply 

 depressed at the sides, closely rugose-punctate, the middle of the 

 disk with a more or less broad longitudinal black band. Scutellum 

 broad, black, rugose-punctate, and covered with yellow pubescence. 

 Elytra convex, more finely punctured than the thorax, rufous or 

 fulvous, covered with fine yellow hairs. The first joint of the pos- 

 terior tarsi a little longer than the second ; claws bifid. 



Kiga. 



Galerucella vittaticollis, Baly. 



The description of Mr. Baly of this species, the type of which I 

 have before me, requires some additional remarks : — The antennae 

 have the first three or four joints testaceous below (not piceousas the 

 description says) ; the thorax is rugose, punctate at the sides only, 

 where they are deeply depressed ; the middle portion of the disk 

 consists of a longitudinal raised, smooth and shining space, which is 

 sometimes of a darker tint than the rest of the surface (in no speci- 

 men do I find a black broad band as given by the author). The 

 elytra show occasionally an obscure fuscous lateral narrow band from 

 the shoulder to below the middle, which is, however, generally 

 absent ; their punctuation is often more coarse than that of the 

 thorax, but varies in depth. 



Yokohama, 



Galerucella modesta, sp. nov. 



Ovate, convex ; pale fulvous ; base of the head, antennse, tibiae, 

 and tarsi black ; above darker fulvous, finely pubescent, closely 

 punctured ; thorax with a central blackish band; breast piceous. 



Length 1| line. 



Head rugose-punctate, black, pubescent, lower part of face fulvous; 

 labrum and palpi piceous. Antennae black, the three basal joints 

 testaceous below, the third and fourth joints equal. Thorax trans- 

 verse, the sides strongly rounded and produced at the middle, the 

 angles acute but scarcely produced ; surface with a longitudinal 

 central groove and a deeper depression at each side, closely rugose- 

 punctate, fidvous, the central depression piceous. Scutellum black, 

 punctured and pubescent. Elytra rather convex, and nearly parallel, 

 punctured like the thorax, and thinly covered with yellow hairs. 



