BY THR REV. T. BLACKBURN. 105 



Platyphanes superbus, sp.nov. 



Latissime ovalis; nitidus; subtus niger; supra Isete seneo-viridis 



aureo-micans, capite caeruleo aureo-micanti, prothoracis 



elytioramque lateribus (et horuni epipleuris) scutelloque 



splendide cseruleis piirpureo-micantibus; capite crebre fortiter 



punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori duplo (postice quam 



antice fere duplo) latiori, subtiliter sparsius punctulato, a 



basi ad apicem (vix arcuatim) angustato, angulis omnibus 



subacutis ; elytris antice gibbosis (fere ut P. gibhosi, Westw.), 



striis punctulatis 14 instructis, interstitiis convexis, lateribiis 



pone humeros angulatis. [Long. 11|, lat. 1^ lines. 



This magnificent insect is allied to P. gibbosiis, Westw., from 



which it differs, inter alia, by its colouration and by the close and 



somewhat strong puncturation of its head. 



N. Queensland ; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



Chariotheca Besti, sp.nov. 

 Nitidissima ; capite versicolori (antice cyaneo, postice nigro 

 aureo-micanti), prothorace Isete caeruleo, elytris igneo-cupreis, 

 corpore subtus pedibusque versicoloribus (cyaneo violaceo et 

 aureo micantibus), antennis tarsisque piceis ; clypeo subtilis- 

 sime, capite postice crebre subfortiter, punctulatis ; pro- 

 thorace (leviter transversim)quadrato,subtilissime punctulato, 

 antice leviter angustato, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris 

 leviter striatis, striis (vix crebre) punctulatis, interstitiis 

 subtilissime punctulatis fere planis. [Long. 5, lat. 2|- lines. 

 This brilliantly coloured little Helopid has been inspected by 

 my friend Mr. G. C. Champion, of London (the well-known 

 specialist in the Heteromera), who has obligingly reported to me 

 that it is near Chariotheca umaroides, Pasc. Mr. Pascoe's species 

 (besides being very differently coloured) differs from the present 

 one inter alia by the sculpture of its head, which is said to have 

 "a few coarse punctures between the eyes," whereas the head of 

 C. Besti (except on the clypeus) is evenly, somewhat closely and 

 not at all coarsely (scarcely even strongly) punctulate. Mr. Pascoe's 

 brief description of C. amaroides implies moreover that the elytra 



