1888.] ON NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 339 



the other beyond, the middle, blackish. The example is so much 

 rubbed that it is impossible to say what the ground-colour of the 

 fore wings may have been ; the head and thoi'ax appear to have been 

 whitish. 



2. Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera 

 from Kiukiang (China). By Martin JacobYj F.E.S. 



[Received May 17, 1888.] 



The specimens now described have for the most part been received 

 by Mr. J. H. Leech, from Kiukiang in China, unless otherwise 

 stated, and are contained in that gentleman's collection and in my 

 own. 



Sagra leechi, n. sp.^ 



Dark blue ; thorax remotely punctured, the anterior angles 

 prominent ; elytra metallic golden cupreous, depressed below the 

 shoulders, finely geminate-punctate-striate, the lateral margins 

 violaceous blue. 



Var. Elytra entirely metallic blue. 



(S . The posterior femora slightly extending beyond the elytra, 

 their upper margin in shape of an acute ridge, their inner surface 

 with a large fulvous tomentose patch, the apex with a larger and 

 a smaller tooth ; the posterior tibiae curved at the base, their outer 

 margin furnished with a long tooth below the middle, the inner 

 margin with a smaller one at the same place, the extreme apex also 

 produced into an acute point. 



5 . The posterior femora not extending beyond the elytra, their 

 lower edge provided witli a short denticulate ridge, their tibise simple, 

 strongly curved through their entire length. 



Length 3-(i lines. 



Head with a few deep but distantly placed punctures, the space 

 between the antennae divided by deep grooves which cross each other 

 obliquely ; the clypeus depressed, impunctate. Antennae half the 

 lengtii of the body, dark violaceous, the lower 7 joints shining, the 

 rest opaque, terminal joint very long. Thorax subquadrate, scarcely 

 longer than broad, the sides slightly concave, the anterior angles 

 obliquely thickened and produced outwards, the disk irregularly 

 impressed with scattered punctures ; scutellum blue. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, deeply depressed within the shoulders, and to a less extent 

 below the base and at the sides, the basal margin raised ; each 

 elytron with 5 or 6 double rows of punctures, more distinctly visible 

 anteriorly than below the middle, the interstices finely aciculate 

 near the apex. Below shining, without punctures or pubescence. 



This species, one of the most beautiful of the genus, is allied 

 to S. petelii and S.jansoni, Baly, but differs from either in the very 



' It is possible that this species is identical with S. fulgida, Weber, also from 

 China. 



