BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 465 



This species is ratliei* closely allied to C mui'rayeasis, macer, 

 and punctulatus, but is smaller and narrower than any of them 

 and differs from them all in the elytral punctures of the series 

 and of the interstices being sufficiently nearly equal in size for 

 them to appear confused together (almost as in C. fastuosus, 

 Germ.). This latter character is extremely unusual in the genus. 

 The clearly defined vittse (running the whole length of the elytra) 

 in which the different colours are arranged, is probably also a 

 more or less constant and fairly reliable character. This is one 

 of the most beautiful species of the genus. 



W. Australia ; G-narlbine ; sent by Mr. French. There is an 

 example apparently identical in the S. Australian Museum from 

 Innaminka, in the far north of S.A. 



C. LEPiDUS, sp.nov. 



Elongatus ; subcylinclricus ; sat nitidus ; niger, supra versicolor 

 purpureo- viridi- cyaneo- et aureo-micans ; capite sat crebre 

 sat fortiter punctulato ; oculis quam antennarum articuli 

 basalis longitudine multo magis inter se remotis ; sulcis 

 ocularibus sat profundis minus latis sat elongatis ; antennis 

 apicem versus parum incrassatis, quam corporis dimidium 

 multo brevioribus; articulo 3° quam 1"* 2^^que conjunct! 

 vix longiori quam 4"^ 5 "^que conjuncti vix breviori, articulis 

 8-10 quam praecedentes vix brevioribus ; prothorace quam 

 longiori (et postice quam antice) fere tribus partibus latiori, 

 subfortiter minus tequaliter punctulato, antice sinuatim sub- 

 truncato, a basi antrorsum arcuatim angustato, basi media 

 sat late sublobata, angulis anticis subacutis posticis fere 

 rectis ; elytris subtiliter seriatim puuctulatis, interstitiis 

 planis distincte sat crebre punctulatis ; prosterno medio 

 planato ; metasterno puncturis setiferis sparsis instructo, 

 episternis magis crebre punctulatis ; abdomine sparsim punc- 

 tulato et sat crebre rugato ; femoribus anticis antice fere 

 Isevibus; tarsis subtus nigro-setosis, posticorum articulo basali 

 ceteris conjunctis longitudine sequali. 



[Long. 7^, lat. 3? lines. 



