338 DESCRIPTION OF A XEAV TiGER-liEETLE. 



punctures becoming finer towards apex ; lacteous lateral area 

 covered with shallow punctuies (these punctures large near 

 metallic area, and becoming fine towards margins of elytra). 

 Length 12, breadth 4*7 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Territory. One specimen ticketed "Flooded 

 area, King River, N.T.; W. McLennan; 24.12.15"; in National 

 Museum, Melbourne. 



This is one of the most distinct Australian species of Cunndehi; 

 it is the only member of the C. tefr<ujramma-'^YO\\\) with the 

 elytra having a wide testaceous margin and a large, compact, 

 triangular, discal, metallic area without any lacteous spots or 

 stripes. It has the head and prothorax more sti'ongly shagreened, 

 and the elytra more strongly punctate than any other species of 

 the group; the posterior nodes of the prothorax are somewhat as 

 shown in Mr. Lea's figure of the prothorax of C. alholineata 

 Macl., (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1906, PI. xxx., fig.lOl), 

 but are rather more obtuse and less pi'ominent. 



