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very closely punctured ; tibiae unarmed, the first joint of the posterior tarsi 

 much longer than the following joints together ; anterior coxal cavities 

 closed. 



This species exhibits all the structural characters (with the 

 exception of the filiform antennae) of the genus Taphinella, 

 described by myself in the 'Annals of the Genoa Museum,' 1889. 

 The very small second and third joints of the antennae in 

 connection with the transverse thorax, long metatarsus of the 

 posterior legs, and the closed cavities, are the principal charac- 

 teristics of the genus. T. longicornis almost entirely resembles 

 T. nigripennis, Jac, in coloration, but differs in the black 

 under side, the filiform antennae, and the much smaller size ; 

 this difference in the structure of the antennae (which in the type 

 have their intermediate joints dilated) is, I think, not sufficient 

 to separate the present insect generically. 



A few specimens. 



Brachyphora, n. gen. (Galerucin,e.) 



Narrowly elongate; antennae filiform, their joints gradually lengthened; 

 thorax transverse, the sides nearly straight, the surface obsoletely impressed 

 at the sides ; elytra irregularly punctured, their epipleurae continued below 

 the middle ; legs slender ; the four anterior tibiae armed with a small spine, 

 the posterior ones unarmed; the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as 

 the three following joints together ; claws appendiculate ; anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



The insect, for which I propose the present genus, and 

 which I am unable to place satisfactorily in any of the numerous 

 genera of Galerucidce, has the general appearance of a species of 

 Luperus ; the closed anterior cavities and the prolonged elytral 

 epipleurae would place Brachyphora near Zermyla, but the general 

 shape of the insect and the unarmed posterior tibiae separate the 

 present genus from that and other genera. 



Type. Brachyphora nigrovittata. 



Brachyphora nigrovittata, n. sp. (PI. II., fig. 12.) 

 Fulvous ; the terminal joints of the antennae and the abdomen black ; 

 head and thorax finely punctured ; elytra very distinctly and closely 

 punctured, flavous, the sutural and lateral margins black. Length, 2 lines. 



Head broader than long, the vertex with a few very minute punctures, 

 fulvous, the frontal elevations not very strongly raised, broad and transverse, 

 clypeus strongly swollen and triangular, the penultimate joint of the palpi 

 scarcely incrassate, the terminal one acutely pointed ; antennae about half 

 the length of the body, the five lower joints fulvous, the others black, the 

 first joint as long as the fourth, the second one but slightly smaller than the 

 third, the fourth and following joint very slightly increasing in length. 

 Thorax about twice as broad as long, the sides scarcely perceptibly rounded, 

 the angles not produced, biit in shape of a very small tubercle, the surface 

 with a very obsolete small depression at the sides, finely and rather closely 

 punctured, the interstices extremely minutely granulate ; scutellum rather 

 Jbroad, trigonate ; elytra flavous, more strongly punctured than the thorax, 

 the punctures closely arranged and distinct to the apex, the interstices 

 slightly raised, a sutural broader stripe (suddenly and strongly narrowed 



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