BY A. M. LEA. 665 



median carina. Elytra with rows of rather large, partially con- 

 cealed punctures, and with numerous shining granules; third 

 interstice with three tubercles, one near base, one beyond the 

 middle, and the largest crowning the posterior declivity; fifth 

 with four tubercles; each shoulder with a granulated tubercle. 

 Undersurface with dense punctures, in many places transversely 

 confluent. Abdomen with two basal segments large, of even 

 length along middle, the first somewhat depressed at base, fifth 

 slightly longer than third and fourth combined, and distinctly 

 shorter than second. Hind femora extending to tip of abdomen. 

 Length, 10-15 mm. 



9. Differs in having elytra somewhat wider, legs somewhat 

 shorter, Avitli hind femora just passing the base of the apical 

 segment; and abdomen more convex, but with a depression at 

 the apex of the first segment. 



^a6.— Tasmania : Mount Wellington, including the summit, 

 on Eucalyptus saplings (H. H. D. Griflith and A. M. Lea); 

 Mount King William iii., 4,000 feet. Frenchman's Cap and a 

 mountain near the Jordan River (J. E. Philp). 



The white scales sometimes have a silvery lustre, and occa- 

 sionally are tinged with green. Many of the ochreous scales, 

 from some directions, appear subopaque, but from others golden; 

 others, however, appear brilliantly golden from any direction. 

 On old and greasy specimens, all the scales appear opaque. The 

 scales on the scutellum are white, and there is generally a dis- 

 tinct white spot on the middle of each elytron, at about the 

 basal third. Two small specimens have the derm almost entirely 

 red, with most of the tubercles and granules appearing like red 

 sealing-wax. One of these specimens has white scales forming 

 three spots at the base of the elytra, four about the middle, and 

 a patch on each side. The majority of specimens have the apex 

 of elytra very feebly produced ; on some, however, they are 

 obtusely bimucronate, and on others quite distinctly so; but this 

 variation appears to be individual, rather than sexual. 

 Chrysophoracis amplipennis, n.sp. 



(J. Black, elytra in parts obscurely diluted with red. Rather 

 lightly clothed with white or greyish scales; and with thin setae, 

 shorter and sparser on elytra, and longer on legs than elsewhere. 

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