BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 645- 



side; sides decreasing from near apex to base; margins narrow, 

 recurved. Scutellum raised, glossy, subcordate. Elytra sub- 

 parallel, shoulders rounded, extreme apex truncate; each with ten 

 irregular but distinct rows of punctures and a short scutellar row, 

 near apex punctures ver}-^ irregular ; interstices usually much 

 wider than punctures, especially near suture, but in places 

 narrower. Under surface almost impunctate. Length 8|-, 

 width 3§ mm. 



Hab. — New South Waies. I have taken this species only on 

 one occasion, but then saw many thousands of specimens (on 

 Dodoncea viscosa) near the summit of a mountain at Woolomin 

 (about 20 miles from Tamworth). 



From JE. Curtisi this species may be distinguished by its 

 narrower and more convex form, more metallic appearance, 

 different colour (especially of elytra and legs),' coarser punctura- 

 tion, longer antennae and somewhat differently shaped scutellum. 

 In the present species the prothoracic punctures are continued in 

 a double row completely across the base, which is not the case in 

 Curtisi. The elytral fascife in that species are continuous though 

 irregular in shape; in this they are composed of numerous vittse. 



