AND SPECIES OF GALERUCINiE. 



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nigris, plaga magna communi, subquadrata, prope medium posita, 



flava. Long. 4 lin. 

 Var. A. Elytris flavis, basi et ad apicem piceo-tinctis. 

 Var. B. Elytris totis flavis. 



Mas. Labro leviter incrassato, margine antico bilobato ; clypei diniidio 

 antico transversini excavato, margine antico medio bidentato ; abdo- 

 minis segmento anali trilobato, lobo intermedio fere piano, transversim 

 qiiadrato. 



Fern. Labro non incrassato, margine antico leviter sinuato ; clypei disco 

 antico non excavato, margine antico inermi ; abdominis segmento 

 anali apice extremo obtuso. 



Hab. Andamau Islands. 



Antennas equal to the body in length, filiform in both sexes, 

 rather more robust in the <S '■> the basal joint slightly thickened, 

 subclavate, the second very short, moniliform, the third and fol- 

 lowing ones each equal in length to the basal joint; maxillary 

 palpi with the third joint obconic, not distinctly thickened in 

 the (S , the apical joint conic, acute ; lower disk of the clypeus 

 in the J transversely concave, its anterior margin armed in the 

 middle with two small acute teeth ; lower disk in the $ , its 

 anterior border excepted, thickened, its lower edge unarmed. 

 Thorax more than half as broad again as long ; sides straight and 

 diverging from the base to beyond the middle, thence rounded and 

 converging towards the apex,the anterior and posterior angles each 

 armed w ith an obtuse tooth ; upper surface moderately convex, im- 

 puuctate; disk impressed on each side with a small, more or less 

 distinct fovea. 8cutellum large, trigonate. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, parallel ; upper surface convex on the sides, flattened 

 along the suture, finely and irregularly punctured ; interspaces 

 (when seen under a deep lens) closely covered with minute 

 punctures. 



The above insect difters from the typical species in having the 

 antennae in the 6 entirely filiform. 



Genus CEnidea, Baly. 



1. (Enidea c^RULEiPENNis. Oblongo-ovata, posticc ampliata, rufo- 

 testacea, nitida, antennis (articulo basali excepto) flavis, elytris metal- 

 lico-cajruleis ; tliorace profunde transversim excavato ; elytris ob- 

 longis, inh'a basin transversim depressis, tenuiter punctatis. Long. 

 '61 hn. 



Fern. Clypeo transversim sulcato. 

 Hab. !Siam. 



