BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 319 



than prothorax, widest near the middle, feebly separately rounded. 

 Femora moderate, the distance at their bases equal to or slightly 

 greater than their length. Length 1 (vix) width h mni. 



Ilab. — Sydney. 



Very similar in size, shape and colour to the preceding, but 

 differing in its puncturation, which closely resembles that of C. 

 Andersoiiij but is otherwise distinct. 



ClYPE ASTER ELLIPTICA, n.sp. 



Elongate, moderately convex. Prothorax red, a piceous mark 

 at apex; elytra piceous-black, with an indistinct dark red mark 

 at the apex, and very indistinct near the sides; undersurface 

 dark red, the metasternum piceous, legs and antennae — which are 

 concolorous — bright red, posterior femora somewhat darker. 

 Elytra clothed with rather long pubescence, as dense but somewhat 

 shorter on prothorax; the pubescence on the undersurface 

 sparser, finer and darker than above. Elytra densely and 

 extremely minutely punctate, and with small moderately dense 

 punctures (sparsest on prothorax), metasternum minutely punctate. 



Prothorax feebly depressed in the middle of the base, shall owty 

 bisinuate, angles scarcely produced. Scutellum feebly transverse, 

 semicircularly triangular. Elytra much longer than wide, widest 

 -behind the base, where it is slightly wider than prothorax, not 

 much wider at base than near apex, each sejDarately rounded. 

 Femora moderate, distance between posterior about equal to their 

 length. Length 1§, width 1 mm. 



//a 6.— Clarence and Richmond Rivers, N.S.W. 



This is a very distinct and rather rare species, much larger 

 than any as yet recorded from Australia. 



