.1 KKVISION OF THK Are^TKAT.I.VN AMARYG.MIDES, 



s('eii) by the colonic of its elytra not being arrans^od in well-defined 

 loagitudinal stripes. It ivsembles C. /oiKjiiu^cuius, Blackb., (which 

 is tix)m the same locality) in the distinct striation of its elytra and 

 to some extent in its colouring, but ditiers from it widely in other 

 i"espects — it^s form being very ditVerent, its prothorax very much 

 more tninsverse, cVrc, »tc. 



N. Territory of S. Australi.i : sent by Mr. ^[asters. 



C. OBSOLKTUS, Mac). 



The following description of this insect has been furnished by 

 M r. Skuse, who has kindly examined the type and re-described it. 



"Black, elyti-a dull greenish-black or bronzy -green. Eyes 

 separated by a wide interval as in (the species I regard as) 

 rupripenuis, Hope, and margined within by a weakly detined 

 sulcus. Prothorax as in (the species treated in this Et vision as) 

 Jasluosus, Germ., in shape, with strong close puncturation, almost 

 conduent at sides. Elytra scarcely perceptibly striate, their entire 

 surface stron<rly, very closely, and irregularly punctured, the 

 j^unctures more numerous and stronger than in (the species 

 ti>eated in this Revision as)/tI^^/l/t)^?/^% Germ." 



The bracketed portions of the above are interjected by myself, 

 as Mr. Skuse is of course not responsible for the correctness of 

 my identifications. C. thsD^eius is evidently, from tlie abjve 

 description, closely allied to C. fastiwsus, Germ., with which I 

 have bracketed it in the tabulation of the species. Mr. Skuse 

 considers it distinct from the in^^ect I sent him as fastnosics, and 

 I have no doubt he is right. 



C. PKOSPiciENS, sp.nov. 



Elongatus ; sat parallelus ; sat nitidus : niger, elytris viridibus 

 cupreo-tinetis ; capite int^r oculos punctulato ; oculis quam 

 antennaruni artieuli secundi longitudine minus int^r se 

 remotis ; suleis ocularibus nuUis : antennis (exempli typici) 

 fere carentibus : prothorace nitido quam longiori fere duabus 

 partibus (postice quam antice fere duplo) latiori, sparsissime 

 sulH>bsolete punctulato. antice leviter emarginato, a basi 



