510 NOTES ON TflE GENUS STlGMOBERA, 



Neocuuis pilosa, n.sp. 



Head blue with coppery reflections, prouotum peacock- 

 blue, the sides a fiery copper, elytra purple-blue; scutellum, 

 antennae, and femora blue ; tibiae purple, underside nitid 

 blue-green ; with sides of metasternum and abdomen a fiery 

 copper ; above and below densely clothed with short upright 

 hair (dark above, whitish below). 



Head not impressed in the middle, coarsely punctate. 

 Fronotum truncate at apex, sinuate at base, sides lightly 

 converging from base to apex, a fine medial line near base 

 only, closely and rather coarsely punctate, a little trans- 

 versely rugose near base and middle. Elytra subparallel on 

 basal half, each elytron finely serrated near and separately 

 rounded at the apex, the whole surface shagreened rather 

 than punctate, with a wide depression behind the base, con- 

 tinued shortly along the suture ; whole underside (especially 

 the sternum; rather coarsely punctuate. Dimensions: 8x3 mm. 



Uab. — Brisbane (Mr. H. Hacker). 



A single specimen, in the Queensland Museum, difi'ers 

 from all described species except ^V. ijubescens Blackb., by 

 its hairy clothing. N . pubescens (from Port Lincoln) is, 

 however, about half the size, and in colour is "nigra obscure 

 coeruleo-tincta." In colour, it must be near N. cwprUatera 

 Fairm., (from King George's Sound), but this has apparently 

 no pilosity, while it is said to have the head "valde im- 

 presso," which is certainly not the case with the above 

 species. The elytra cover the full length of the abdomen. 

 This appears to be the largest s])ccies yet described. 



CURIS OLIVACEA, n.Sp. 



Oblong, depressed ; prouotum and elytra very dark green 

 suffused with purple; head, margins of j)ronotum, base and 

 suture of elytra (narrowly) and underside bright metallic 

 green, antennse and mouth bronze. 



Head deeply and widely channelled, the depression not 

 extending to the apex, but replaced there by a purple vitta ; 



