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antei'ior portion. The general facies is much like Chrysomela but 

 the penultimate joint of the tarsi deeply bilobed is that of a 

 Eumolpid. The antennse are a little more than half as long as 

 the whole body ; joint 1 moderately elongate, piriform ; 2 rather 

 more than half 1 ; 3 more slender and slightly longer than 2 ; 4-6 

 equal to each other and scarcely longer than 3 ; 7-11 all lightly 

 dilated. 



Port Lincoln. 



TOMYRISC?) MINOR, Sp.nOV. 



Late ovata ; glabra ; sat nitida ; subtus piceo-viridis, latera 

 versus la^tius viridis ; supra cuprea, capite viridi, prothorace an- 

 tice aureo-viridi ; labro, palpis, antennis, pedibusque testaceis ; 

 capite (clypeo excepto) crebrius sat fortiter, prothorace subtilius 

 minus crebre, elytris ut T. paradoxce sed fortius, punctulatis ; 

 scutello sublgevi. [l^ong. 1|, lat. 1 line (vix). 



This small species scarcely differs from the preceding in its 

 structural characters ; the external emargination of the interme- 

 diate and hind tarsi is a little stronger, the front margin of the 

 prosternum is not so distinctly turned up and the apical 5 joints 

 of the antennse are decidedly more dilated, — though in all of them 

 the length decidedly exceeds the greatest width. The colour, the 

 small size and the stronger puncturation readily distinguish it. 



Port Lincoln ; also on Yorke's Peninsula. 



Besides the preceding species T have in my collection an unique 

 example of a Tomj^ris from Yorke's Peninsula, and another from 

 Port Lincoln, but as they are both females it will probably be 

 better to pass them by for the present. 



The following tabulation will show clearly I hope the distinctive 

 characters of the species described above. 



A. Prosternum normal 



B. Antennae with each of the apical joints more 

 than twice as long as its greatest width. . . . 



