new genera and species of IlalticincE. 163 



punctato, sulco basali leviter imprcsso ; elytris infra basin 

 non depressis, regiilaritcr punctato-striatisj pube suberecta 

 albida sat parce vestitis. 



Long. ^ lin. 



Hah. — South Australia, Gawler Town. 



Head exserted; vertex smooth, impunctatc ; encarpje 

 thickened, contiguous ; eyes ovate, prominent, black ; 

 antennae robust, nearly three-fourths the length of the 

 body, slightly thickened towards the apex, the seven outer 

 joints more or less stained with piceous ; 1st and 2nd 

 joints thickened, the latter distinctly longer than the 3rd. 

 Thorax about one- third broader than long ; sides straight 

 and diverging from the base to beyond the middle, anterior 

 angles produced into a small acute tooth; basal margin 

 transversely truncate; upper surface moderately convex, 

 coarsely but distantly punctured, basal groove only slightly 

 impressed, closely covered with coarse punctures. Scutel- 

 lum smooth, trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, parallel, their apices conjointly acutely rounded; 

 above moderately convex, not depressed below the basilar 

 space, regularly punctate-striate ; interspaces smooth, im- 

 punctatc; surface rather sparingly clothed Avith coarse 

 suberect whitish hairs. Body beneath sparingly clothed 

 with suberect hairs. Abdomen smooth and shining, im- 

 punctatc, more or less stained Avith piceous, apices of 

 claws also jDiceous. Upper surface of hinder pair of tibise 

 not longitudinally grooved. 



Genus Haltica, Geoffi-oy. 

 Haltica amazona. 

 Anguste oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigi-a, nitida, femori- 

 bus anticis quatuor, capite, antenuis basi thoraceque rufo- 

 testaceis, elytris viridi-metallicis. 

 Long. 1^ lin. 

 Hah. — Para, Santarem. 



Head smooth, im punctate ; encarpje remote, trigonate, 

 carina linear; four lower joints of antenna} rufo-testaceis, 

 the rest black. Thorax one-thii'd broader than long, sides 

 straight and parallel at the base, rounded and converging 

 in front ; basal margin straight on either side, medial lobe 

 very slightly produced, very obtusely rounded ; disk convex, 

 impunctate, impressed in front of the basal margin with a 

 deep transverse groove, which extends entirely across the 

 surface; on either side, at some distance from the outer 



