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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF PHYTOPHAGOUS 

 COLEOPTERA RECEIVED BY MR. J. H. LEECH, FROM 

 CHANG- YANG, CHINA. 



By Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. 

 (Continued from p. 167.) 



Cneorane rufipes, Weise. (PI. II., fig. 11.) 

 Numerous specimens answering to the description given by 

 the author were obtained, all differing from G. elegans, Baly, by 

 the entirely rufous legs. So many closely allied species of 

 Cneorane have lately been described by Fairmaire and Allard, 

 that it is almost impossible to determine any species with 

 certainty without comparing the types ; and there can be little 

 doubt that many of them are either identical or varieties, as the 

 insects seem subject to great variation in size, sculpture, and 

 colour. It is to be regretted that new species are continually 

 described without consulting specialists as to their opinion of 

 their specific distinction, since short descriptions can give but 

 little assistance in the determination of these closely- allied 

 forms. C. de la touchi, Fairm., seems certainly identical with 

 C. femoralis, Jac. 



Eustetha nigropunctata, Fairm. (PI. II., fig. 4.) 

 I must refer, although somewhat doubtfully, the specimens 

 obtained by Mr. Pratt to this species. Fairmaire seems to have 

 forgotten to mention the colour of the elytra and of the abdomen, 

 which is flavous ; the former have five black spots each, — one at 

 the shoulder, two placed transversely near the middle and of 

 small size, and two larger ones (one before, the other at the 

 extreme apex). It is obvious that the elytra cannot be black 

 (according to the description) with black spots, but curious that 

 the colour of the abdomen should have been overlooked as well 

 by the author. I think in regard to this genus, that it might very 

 well be united with Galerucida, with which it has all structural 

 characters in common ; this is also the opinion of Herr Weise. 



Eustetha thoracica, Jac. 

 Of this species a few specimens were obtained, which differ 

 from the type in having an unspotted thorax, but in no other 

 way ; these specimens all belong to the fulvous variety, the type 

 having dark bluish elytra. E. thoracica has an entirely smooth 

 and impunctate thorax. 



Sppinenoraia cupreata, n. sp. 



Below fulvo-piceous, above metallic dark cupreous ; thorax sparingly 

 puncturod, with a deep depression at each side ; elytra finely punctured, 

 semipunctate-striate ; abdomen obscure fulvous. Length, 1| — 2 lines. 



ENTOM. — JUNE, 1890. P 



