NEW "CRYPTOSTQME BEETLES. 



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of the third, long, more or less eylindrieal, projecting much 

 beyond, as broad at the base as at the apex ; the claws are simple. 

 There is no felt covering underneath, as is usual in the Chryso- 

 melid.-e. Viewed from above, the tarsus appears to have uniform 

 breadth throughout its length, and is covered with stiflF, erect 

 hairs. Each side of the first, second, and third joints has a little 

 strongly chitinized projection which is reminiscent of the lobes 

 of the joints; these projections are clearly visible when the tarsus 

 is viewed sideways, and on their underside thev bear tufts of 

 bristles, so that there are altogether three pairs of them. 



Length 5 xnm. 



Locality/. Palestine, 10 miles east of Jerusalem, lUUU tt., 

 17. iv. 1922 (P. A. Buxton). 



Type in the British Musenm. 



Pescribed from ox\e example. 



Cassida rati,, sp. n. 



Body subtviangulav. Colour yellow-brown ; elytra with ill- 

 dedned darker patches, the explanate margin at the anterior and 

 posterior angles with deep red-brown patches, the sutural angles 

 deep red-brown ; underside (except the legs) seining black. 



Te3{t-figure 6. 



Dorsal view of Cassida rati. 



Head with the clypeus triangularly elevated towards the base 

 of the antenna, otherwise the surface is plane, having stiff', long 

 hairs at the sides. The antennse pass beyond the anterior angles 

 of the explanate margins of the elytra ; the first joint elongate, 

 thickened ; the second short ; the third, fourth, and iifth almost 



