BY THOMAS G. SLOANB, 829' 



anterior angles, these, near neck, obtuse; base sinuate-truncate 

 (a slight protuberance behind each lateral basal impression); 

 lateral margin extending from neck to basal angle, wide, a 

 little wider posteriorly; median line well marked; lateral basal 

 impressions parallel, short, deep, wide. Elytra ovate(6"25 x 3-9 

 mm.), convex; base of same width between humeral angles as 

 base of prothorax; apical curve sinuate at extremity of ninth 

 interstice; first and second striae reaching marginal channel at 

 apex, fourth flexuous on apical declivity and uniting with third 

 before reaching marginal channel; first interstice narrow, widened 

 and bearing a lightly marked elongate striole at base, seventh 

 and eighth confluent before apical curve, divided (and eighth 

 carinate) on apical curve, ninth narrow, seriate-punctate; basal 

 border uniting with inner part of base of first interstice, arcuate 

 on posterior margin; humeral angles rather sharply marked) 

 lateral border wide on sides. Length 8"5-9-7, breadth 

 3-5-3-9mm. 



Hah. — Dorrigo. Common under bark on trunks of Eucalypts. 



Belongs to the section of the genus having an elytral pattern; 

 this section contains two other species, viz., D. vicinus Blkb., and 

 D. bicolor Blkb.; D. vittipennis is at once distinguished from 

 both by the pattern of the elytra, which resembles that of 

 Amblytelus curtus Erichs. In D. vicinus Blkb., the sntural part 

 of the elytra is black, except near the base, which is testaceous; 

 and this testaceous basal area is prolonged backward, on each 

 elytron, as a pointed vitta reaching to the beginning of the apical 

 declivity; in D. bicolor the discoidal part of the elytra is testaceous, 

 and each elytron has a wide black stripe on the side. 



Castelnaudia speciosa, n.sp. 



Closely allied to C. nitidicollis Cast. Head and prothora^x 

 brilliant purple; elytra opaque, dark purple, summits of costse 

 nitid, nigro-viridescent, margins metallic-purple; undersurface 

 black, nitid; tarsi and palpi reddish. 



Elliptical. Head large (4'65 mm. across eyes), bisetose above 

 each eye. Prothorax subcordate, broader than long(5 x 6 mm.),. 



