482 AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



Chalcolampra distinguenda, sp.nov. 



Minus convexa ; nitida ; senea ; antennis pedibusque nigro- 

 piceis, abdomine apice rufescenti ; prothorace acervatim crassissime 

 punctulato ; elytris seriatim punctulatis ; punctis in seriebus sat 

 subtilibus, sparsim positis, apicem versus obsoletis ; antennis 

 robustis, articulis 3° 4°-que inter se sequalibus. 



[Long. 3f , lat. 1^ lines (vix). 



The only other previously described species resembling this in 

 having dark coloured legs and antennae (the latter being stout) 

 and elytra devoid of markings are acervata, Germ., repens, Germ., 

 and (perhaps) pacifica, Er. Of these the last-named is a very 

 much smaller insect ; acervata is decidedly smaller and repens 

 considerably larger. C. distinguenda differs moreover from all 

 three inter alia in having elytra quite devoid of striae, the punc- 

 tures being simply inserted in rows on an even surface. The 

 interstices between the rows are quite laevigate. 



Victoria j unique in the S. Australian Museum. 



