MR. J. S. BALT ON SOME SPECIES OF GALEEUCIN^. 



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"p^. Body ovate or oblong - ovate, dilated 

 posteriorly. 

 v^. Elytra flavous, the suture and a sub- 



marginal vitta black 33. Stevensi. 



v^. Elytra and abdomen black 37. Lewisii. 



h. 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. foveicoUis. 



d. Apex of anal segment of abdomen broadly 



subangulate-emarginate 18. Fabricii. 



e. Apex of anal segment of abdomen abruptly 



concave-einarginate 20. "Wallacii. 



/, Apex of anal segment of abdomen broadly 



concave-emarginate 21. cornuta. 



g. Apex of anal segment of abdomen bilobate. 



w^. Lobes concave 23. siziiilis. 



vp-. Lobes plane. 



x^. Elytra flavous 40. excisa. 



x^. Elytra nigro-C£eruleous 26. excavata. 



h. Apex of anal segment of abdomen bisinuate ... 39. Duvivieri. 



i. Apex of anal segment of abdomen trilobate. 



y^. Lobes nearly equal in length 41. Moulioti. 



y^. Lobes with the intermediate much shorter 



than the lateral ones 32. luteicomis. 



II. Elytra strongly costate 42. costatipennis. 



1. AuLACOPHOEA NiGRiPENNis, MotscJi. Etud. Entom. 1857, 

 p. 38. 



A. atripennis, Hope, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1841, p. 64. 



Anguste ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, fulva aut flava, antenni?, 

 pedibus, pectore elytrisque nigris, his infra basin transversira depressis, 

 distiacte punctatis ; thorace vix pone medium sat profunda trans- 

 versira suleato, sulco fere recto. Long. 3-3| lin. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento auali trilobato, lobo intermedio oblongo, 

 longitudinaliter concavo. 



Foem. Abdominis segmento anali apice concavo-emarginato. 



I!ah. 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. AuLACOPUORA MELANOPUS, Blancli.Voy. au Fole Sud, p. 316, 

 pi. 19. fig. 20. 



Anguste oblongo-ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, 



