178 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



tarsisque fulvo-picels ; thorace l^vi ; elytris sat crebre 

 fusco-punctatis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. — Australia ; Rockhampton. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate ; encarpse obliquely trans- 

 verse, their apices nearly contiguous ; carina elongate, 

 slightly elevated ; antennas two-thirds the length of the 

 body ; eyes black, slightly sinuate. Thorax scarcely twice 

 as broad as long ; sides straight, scarcely converging from 

 base to apex ; anterior angle broadly and obliquely trun- 

 cate, its outer edge produced laterally into a short acute 

 tooth; above transversely convex, smooth and shining, 

 when viewed under a deep lens minutely punctured. 

 Scutellum trigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra rather 

 broader than the thorax, oblong-ovate, convex, subni- 

 tidous, closely covered with small, punctiform, fuscous 

 spots, in the centre of each of which is a minute impres- 

 sion, only visible under a strong lens. 



Genus Aphthona, Chevr. 

 Aphthona Wallacei. 



Oblongo-ovata, convexa, subtus nigra, nitida, supra 

 viridi-metallica, minus nitida, pedibus antennisque flavis, 

 his extrorsura femoribusque posticis nigro-piceis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. — Flores ; collected by Mr. "Wallace. 



Head trigonate ; clypeus and labrum nigro-piceous ; 

 jaws piceous ; vertex finely granulose ; encarpee transverse, 

 well defined, contiguous ; carina linear ; antennse nearly 

 equal to the body in length, six lower joints flavous, the 

 rest pitchy black. Thorax scarcely one half broader than 

 long ; sides moderately rounded, the hinder angles pro- 

 duced, acute, the anterior very obliquely truncate ; above 

 convex, impressed on the middle of the disk with a shallow, 

 ill-defined, transverse groovfe, from the hinder border of 

 which a perpendicular, faintly impressed line extends 

 backwards to the hinder margin ; surface minutely granu- 

 lose. Elytra oblong, broader than the thorax, minutely 

 granulose. 



Genus Phyllotreta, Foudr. 

 Phyllotreia orientalis, 

 Elongato-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida; thorace crebre 

 punctato, rufo-piceo, pedibus antennisque fulvis, his ex- 



