ME. J. S. BALT ON SOME SPECIES OV GALERUCINiE. 



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obtusely angulate and not rounded as in the before-named 

 insect ; there is also a distinct difference, both in the anal 

 segment of the abdomen in the male and in the male genital 

 organ. 



11. AuLACOPHORA PROPiNQUA. Anguste oblongo-ovata, postice 

 ampliata, convexa, flavo-fulva, nitida, labro, antennis (his basi inter- 

 dum exceptis), pedibus elytrisque nigris ; his infra basin transversim 

 excavatis, tenuissirae punctatis, utrisque fascia lata prope medium, 

 plerumque ad marginem abbreviata, flavo-fulva. Long. 31-4 lin. 



Var. A. Pectore nigro, caeteris ut in typo. 



Var. B. Pectore, abdomine yjygidioque nigris, cseteris ut in typo. 

 Mas. Abdominis segmento anali trilobate, lobo iutermedio flavo, obtuso. 

 Foem. Abdominis segmento anali obtuso. 



Hah. New Guinea, Dorey ; Ke Islands ; var. A, Batchian ; 

 var. B, Sulu Islands (Wallace). 



Antennse slender, filiform. Thorax about one half as broad 

 again as long ; sides nearly straight and slightly diverging from 

 the base to beyond the middle ; upper surface transversely sul- 

 cate behind the middle. Elytra dilated posteriorly, distinctly 

 excavated on the suture belov^^ the basilar space, very minutely 

 punctured. 



Yar. B is at first sight very similar to A. dorsalis^ Boisduval ; 

 but that species is smaller, and its elytra are more strongly punc- 

 tured and not depressed below the base. 



12. AuLACOPHOEA EUBEOZONATA, Blanch. Voy. au Pole Sud, 

 p. 345, pi. 19. fig. 19. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, rufa aut fulva, nitida, antennis (his 

 basi plerumque exceptis) pedibusque nigris; thorace sat profunde 

 transversira sulcato ; elytris infra basin leviter transversim depressis, 

 fere impunctatis, nigris, fascia lata mediali rufa aut fulva. Long. 4- 

 5 lin. 



Var. A. Elytrorura margine apicali rufo aut fulvo, ca;teris ut in 

 typo. 



Var. B. Elytris fulvis, utrisque basi lata, maculaque subapicah, 

 nigra. 



Var. C. Elytris macula subapicali nigra obsoleta. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali trilobato, lobo intermedio quam late- 



ralia paullo longiore, piano, apice obtuse rotundato. 

 Foem. Abdominis segmento anali apice obtuso. 



Hah. New Guinea, Dorey; Celebes (Wallace). 



