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anticis antice vix manifeste punctulatis ; tarsis subtus fulvo- 



setosis, posticorum articulo basali ceteris conjunctis longi- 



tudine sat sequali. [Long. 4f, lat. 2i lines. 



This species bears a good deal of resemblance to A. suavis but 



is considerably larger, with the prothorax and elytral interstices 



more finely punctured ; it differs from all its allies known to me 



in having the whole of its metasternum (except the episterna) 



sparsely pitted with coarse deep puncturation. 



N. S. Wales ; sent to me by Mr. Masters. 



A. Frenchi, sp.nov. 



Ovalis; sat nitidus ; supra laete versicolor (purpureo- cyaneo- et 

 viridi-variegatus), corpore subtus nigro, antennis versus basin 

 (exempli typici parte apicali carente) pedibusque obscure 

 brunneo-piceis ; capite crebre sat subtiliter punctulato supra 

 antennarum basin parum reflexo ; oculis quam antennarum 

 articuli 2^ longitudine vix magis inter se remotis ; sulcis 

 ocularibus nullis ; prothorace quam Jongiori duplo (postice 

 quam antice fere duplo) latiori, crebre subtiliter punctulato, 

 a basi antrorsum arcuatim angustato, antice emarginato, basi 

 media sublobata, angulis obtusis ; elytris distincte subtiliter 

 striatis, striis crebre subtilius seriatim punctulatis, interstitiis 

 leviter convexis crebre subtiliter punctulatis ; prosterno sat 

 lato in medio depresso ; metasterno sparsim subtiliter punc- 

 tulato et oblique rugato; abdomine vix perspicue punctulato, 

 sat fortiter longitudinaliter strigato; femoribus anticis antice 

 vix manifeste punctulatis ; tarsis subtus fulvo-setosis. 



[Long. 5i lat. 24 lines. 

 The unique type of this insect is unfortunately not in good con- 

 dition, having lost its hind tarsi and part of its antennse, but it is 

 so extremely distinct a species that I am reluctant to omit it from 

 this memoir. It is the only Amarygmus known to me having 

 elytra distinctly punctulate-striate in the ordinary sense of the 

 term, the other striate species having their strise crenulate on the 

 sides rather than distinctly punctured. In this species the striae 

 though fine are well defined and become deeper towards the apex 



