BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 577 



Heal transverse, highly pohshed, ahiiost impunctate, clypeus 

 with a feeble impression on each side. Antennae rather short, 

 -3r(l-9th joints feebly serrate internally, 1 1 th almost twice the 

 length of 10th. Prothorax transverse, briefly elliptic, base 

 mai'gined. Sciitdlnm transverse, apex truncate. Elytra twice 

 the length of head and prothorax combined, dilating from near 

 base, very feebly punctate; suture very feebly thickened in iniddle, 

 sides margined at apex. Leys rather long and thin, posterior 

 tibiye moderately curved throughout. Length 2^, width IJ mm. 



ir«6.—Tam worth, N.S.W. 



I have eight specimens under examination; those I suppose to 

 be males have the antennte serrate; in the supposed females they 

 are almost simple and slightly longer. In colour and clothing 

 this species is closer to //. disjvir than to the preceding. 



Hypattalus pulcherrimus, n.sp. 



(J. Head black with an obscure greenish tinge; antennte black; 

 prothorax black, sides red, the red narrowly marked at base, 

 enlarging to apex ; scutellum black with a bluish gloss ; basal 

 third of elytra red apical two-thirds (but not extreme apex) violet- 

 blue, base of patch violet and briefly advanced on suture, apex 

 Avith thickened portion red Under surface violet-black, abdomen 

 I'ed; legs black, with a greenish or bluish gloss. Elytra with 

 brown pubescence short and suberect, and with longer erect and 

 ■darker hairs scattered about. 



Head highly poli.shed , feeljly punctate, cl3'peus with an irregular 

 impression on each side. Antennte rather long, 3rd-10th joints 

 slightly serrate internally, 11th twice the length of 10th. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, wider at apex than base, base margined and 

 feebly incurved to middle. SciiteUnm small, sides oblique, apex 

 truncate and depressed. Elytra, more than twice the length of 

 head and prothorax combined, feebly increasing in width to near 

 ^pex, densely and rather strongly punctate on blue portion, less 

 on base; sides and suture raised and thickened, especially at apex 

 where the thickening is veiy pronounced and causes the ape.x 

 almost to appear bifoveate. Leys long: anterior femora strongly 



