334 LIFE-HISTORIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



The beetle is about 3 lines in length, the front of the head 

 bright green, the thorax and shoulders bright metallic-bronze, the 

 centre of the wing covers black with metallic reflections, and the 

 tips fiery red colour. Underside of thorax and legs green, with 

 the abdominal segments bronzy-red. 



CiSSBIS SEMI-SCABROSA, L. ife G. 



Larva very pale yellow, with small mouth parts and jaws; 

 head large and globular; 1st and 2nd thoracic segments small, 

 rounded on the edges; the 3rd thoracic and the first six abdominal 

 segments more or less rounded on their extremities, the last three 

 tapering to a small rounded tip. 



It feeds in a very similar manner to that of Jlelobasis iindescens; 

 at first under the bark, but finally pupating in the sapwood 

 beneath. 



The beetle is 4^ lines in length, the head and thorax bright 

 metallic-green; the elytra fiery coppery-red and finely granulated, 

 all the underside green. 



This is not a common species; I have bred three individuals 

 from infested branches of Acacia lonyifolia obtained at Rose Bay. 



Cadmus flavocinctus, Saund., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1846. 



Larva 4 lines in length, pale yellow, with a cylindrical black 

 rugose head, truncate and perfectly flat in front, with short 

 3-jointed antennae projecting on either side and the jaws almost 

 hidden; 1st thoracic segment covered on the dorsal side with a 

 dark brown coriaceous plate slightly curved in front; legs very 

 long, slender, armed with a sharp tarsal claw; the rest of the 

 segments of uniform size, pale yellow, clothed on the sides with 

 long scattered hairs, thickest towards the tip of the abdomen, the 

 legs also covered with long hairs. 



The larva constructs an elongate oval cocoon with a jug-like 

 neck, of a stout woody nature, smooth, hard, and dark brown; the 

 grub by protruding its head and fore legs can crawl about on the 

 ground, or among the loose bits of dead bark at the butts of the 

 gum trees in a similar manner to the case moths; but from the 



