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Show 1888.] ON N E W PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 339 the other beyond, the middle, blackish. The example is so much rubbed that it is impossible to say what the ground-colour of the fore wings may have been; the head and thorax appear to have been whitish. 2. Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Kinkiang (China). By M A R T I N JACOBY_, F.E.S. [Eeceived May 17, 1888.] The specimens now described have for the most part been received by Mr. J. H. Leech, from Kiukiang in China, unless otherwise stated, and are contained in that gentleman's collection and in my own. SAGRA LEECHI, n. sp.1 Dark blue ; thorax remotely punctured, the anterior angles prominent; elytra metallic golden cupreous, depressed below the shoulders, finely geminate-punctate-striate, the lateral margins violaceous blue. Var. Elytra entirely metallic blue. 8. The posterior femora slightly extending beyond the elytra, their upper margin in shape of an acute ridge, their inner surface with a large fulvous tomentose patch, the apex with a larger and a smaller tooth ; the posterior tibiae curved at the base, their outer margin furnished with a long tooth below the middle, the inner margin with a smaller one at the same place, the extreme apex also produced into an acute point. 2. The posterior femora not extending beyond the elytra, their lower edge provided with a short denticulate ridge, their tibiae simple, strongly curved through their entire length. Length 3-6 lines. Head with a few deep but distantly placed punctures, the space between the antennae divided by deep grooves which cross each other obliquely ; the clypeus depressed, impunctate. Antennae half the length of the body, dark violaceous, the lower 7 joints shining, tbe rest opaque, terminal joint very long. Thorax subquadrate, scarcely longer than broad, the sides slightly concave, the anterior angles obliquely thickened and produced outwards, the disk irregularly impressed with scattered punctures ; scutellum blue. Elytra broadly ovate, deeply depressed within the shoulders, and to a less extent below the base and at the sides, the basal margin raised ; each elytron with 5 or 6 double rows of punctures, more distinctly visible anteriorly than below the middle, the interstices finely aciculate near the apex. Below shining, without punctures or pubescence. This species, one of the most beautiful of the genus, is allied to 8. petelii and S.jansoni, Baly, but differs from either in the very ' It is possible that this species is identical with S. fulgida, Weber, also from China. |