ME. J. S. BALY ON SOME SPECIES OF GAL EBU C INA . 
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p 2 . Body ovate or oblong - ovate, dilated 
posteriorly. 
v 1 . Elytra flavous, the suture and a sub- 
marginal vitta black 33. Stevensi. 
v 2 . Elytra and abdomen black 37. Lewisii. 
b. Apex of anal segment of abdomen rounded, its 
middle portion produced into an oblong 
process 19. nigroscutata, 
c. Apex of anal segment of abdomen slightly 
sinuate, its surface deeply concave on either 
side 22. foveicollis. 
d. Apex of anal segment of abdomen broadly 
subangulate-emarginate 18. Fabricii. 
e. Apex of anal segment of abdomen abruptly 
concave-emarginate 20. Wallacii. 
/. Apex of anal segment of abdomen broadly 
concave-emarginate 21, comuta. 
g. Apex of anal segment of abdomen bilobate. 
w l . Lobes concave 23. similis. 
w 2 . Lobes plane. 
x 1 . Elytra flavous 40. excisa. 
x 2 . Elytra nigro-casruleous 26. excavata. 
h. Apex of anal segment of abdomen bisinuate ... 39. Duvivieri. 
i. Apex of anal segment of abdomen trilobate. 
y 1 . Lobes nearly equal in length 41. Moulloti. 
y 2 . Lobes with the intermediate much shorter 
than the lateral ones 32. luteicornis. 
II. Elytra strongly costate 42. costatipennis. 
1. Aulacophoba nigbipennis, Motsch. JEtud. Entom. 1857, 
p. 38. 
A. atripennis, Hope, Proc. Ent . Soc. 1841, p. 64. 
Anguste ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, fulva aut flava, antennis, 
pedibus, pectore elytrisque nigris, his infra basin transversim depressis, 
distincte punctatis ; thorace vix pone medium sat profunde trans- 
versim sulcato, sulco fere recto. Long. 3-3| lin. 
Mas. Abdominis segmento anali trilobato, lobo intermedio oblongo, 
longitudinaliter coneavo. 
Foem. Abdominis segmento anali apice concavo-emarginato. 
Hcib. Mantchuria ; Japan (Lewis) ; China (Bowring). 
Labrum and antennae black, the latter with the basal joints, 
and sometimes with the four or five outer ones, nigro-piceous. 
Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; sides sinuate and slightly 
diverging from the base to beyond the middle, thence obliquely 
converging towards the apex ; disk rather strongly sulcate just 
behind the middle. Elytra distinctly punctured. 
2. Aulacophoba melanopus, BlancTi.Voy. aw Pole Swd , p. 346, 
pi. 19. fig. 20. 
Anguste oblongo-ovata, postice ampliata, couvexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, 
