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has an elongate oval groove along its whole length, there is an 

 impressed line in the middle of the metasternum, the abdominal 

 segments are finely pnnctate, the tarsi and tips of the tibiae are 

 yellow and pubescent. ^ 



Length, 4^ lines. 



Hab. — Russell River. 



56. Decialma viridipennis. 



This species very much resembles the last. It is much smaller, 

 rather more convex, and is elongate-ovate. The head is black and 

 densely and finely punctate, the clypeus nearly as long as the head 

 and smooth ; the antennae reddish and like those of D. striato- 

 punctata. Thorax transverse but less so than in the previous 

 species, in other respects resembling it. Elytra dark metallic 

 green with purplish reflections, very nitid, 8-striate, the striai 

 regularly punctate, a short sutural stria. The under surface like 

 D. striatopunctata, the tarsi less yellow and less pubescent. 



Length, S^ lines. 



Hab. — Mossman River. 



Sub-Family CNODALONIDES. 



57. Cholipus atroviridis. 



Oblong, narrow, black, veiy nitid, the elytra brilliant greenish 

 black. Head very minutely punctate, the clypeal suture semi- 

 circular^ the clypeus truncate in front, and rounded on the angles 

 with a short transverse depression in the middle near the suture, 

 labrum transverse, thickened in front. Antennae not quite reaching 

 the base of the thorax, of a piceous colour, the last six joints 

 broader and more compressed than the others Thorax veiy 

 minutely and thinly punctate, rather convex, nearly square, the ante- 

 rior angles rounded, the sides slightly so, and margined, — ^narrowly 

 in front and on the sides, and rather strongl yon the base — with 

 a broad transverse depression near the base, and parallel-sided. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax nearly three times the length and 



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