100 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



commences on the shoulder and runs (close to the lateral margin) 

 to the apex. There is no elevated plate like that of C. pistor, L. 

 and G., on the abdomen. The basal joint of the hind tarsi is 

 distinctly longer than the second. The prosternal process is 

 deeply sulcate. The joints of the antennae beyond the fourth are 

 not longer than wide. 



Central Australia ; near Oodnadatta. 



Chalcophora beltane, sp.nov. 



Supra viridis (hie illic aureo-viridis), apice caeruleo, partibus 

 elevatis obscure cuprascentibus; subtus obscure aureo-viridis; 

 capite longitudinaliter concavo, sat grosse nee crebre punc- 

 tulato; prothorace leviter transverso, antice subito sat fortiter 

 angustato, canaliculate, latera versus intequali et irregulariter 

 obscure longitudinaliter impresso, in partibus depressis crebre 

 minus fortiter (in convexis grosse paullo minus crebre) punc- 

 tulato, basi trisinuata ; elytris postice extus denticulatis, 

 supra interrupte insequaliter costatis, partibus depressis crebre 

 minus fortiter (macnlis binis quam partes depressae ceterse 

 magis crebre magis subtiliter) costis sparsim fortiter punctu- 

 latis ; antennis sat brevibus haud prothoracis basin attingen- 

 tibus ; corpore subtus ut C. australasioe, Saund., sculpturato. 



[Long. 8f, lat. 3 lines. 

 This species seems certainly congeneric with the preceding. It 

 has a similar form, more convex and cylindrical than that of most of 

 the Australian Chalcophorites, and has short antennae not reaching 

 the base of the prothorax ; but nevertheless its antennae are a 

 little longer than those of C. exilis and its antennal joints are all 

 more or less longer than wide. 



The example before me is devoid of the patches of dust-like 

 scales usually ornamenting the Australian Chalcophorites, but 

 they are represented on each elytron by two patches on which the 

 colour is a little more brightly golden-green and the puucturation 

 a little finer and closer than elsewhere. The anterior of these 

 patches extends from the 2nd to the 4th costa and interrupts the 

 3rd costa at about the hind extremity of the front J part of the 



