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tinct towards sides; apex truncate; anterior angles obtuse; base 

 bisinuate, rather strongly rounded in middle; basal angles a little 

 obtuse, though sharply marked; anterior marginal puncture just 

 behind anterior angle, middle one at widest part, posterior one at 

 basal angle; border narrow and oblique between middle and anterior 

 punctures, roundly incurved to anterior angle before anterior 

 puncture and continuous on each side of apex, lightly subsinuate 

 before basal angle, continuous on base; a depressed marginal 

 space near each basal angle. Elytra convex, wider than 

 prothorax(5-5 x 3-2 mm.), wide at base, rounded at humeral 

 angles, parallel on sides; lateral declivity lightly sinuate behind 

 anterior fourth; apex produced and obtusely rounded at extrem- 

 ity of three inner interstices; external angle rounded, not 

 prominent; striae strongly impressed, punctate; two anterior 

 punctures of third interstice near third stria, first about basal 

 fourth, second a little behind middle, posterior puncture near 

 apex; border continuous from peduncle to inner apical angle, a 

 little thickened at external apical angle. Length 10-3, breadth 

 3-2 mm. 



Hah. — Q.: Cairns( Anderson). I am indebted to Mr. C. 

 French's generosity for a specimen of this beautiful species. 



The discovery of this species adds another to the now numer- 

 ous list of Oriental genera which are known to extend to 

 Northern Australia. It differs from the three Asiatic species 

 described by Chaudoir, by its larger size, elytra with external 

 angle not dentate, etc. From a New Guinea species, which I 

 propose to describe later, it differs by its larger size; different 

 colour(elytra not violaceous); prothorax not strongly punctate, 

 less convex, wider at base, elytra more strongly striate, inter- 

 stices convex, seventh much narrower, etc. 



Tribe Lebiini- 



Genus Xanthophcea. 



Xanthophcea ornata, n.sp. 



Elongate; head stout, lightly constricted behind eyes, neck 

 wide; prothorax of equal length and breadth, wider across base 

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