506 IS'EW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, xi., 



Calomela satelles Blackb., var. virivora, n.var. 



There are numerous specimens before me, from Beverley, that 

 agree well with some cotypes and other specimens of C. satelles, 

 except that the elytral punctures are rather more regular, and 

 the markings more extended; on the cotypes and some South 

 Australian specimens of C. satelles, the paler sutural portion of 

 the combined elytra is much wider than the metallic portion of 

 each; but, on the Beverley specimens, the metallic marking on 

 each extends to within one interstice of the suture (except near 

 the base) and one of the side, covering practically the same area 

 as on C . curtisi, although differing in many respects from that 

 species, and with the washed-out look of C. satelles On a speci- 

 men, placed with C. satelles in Coll. Blackburn, the elytra 

 are almost uniformly coloured throughout, the metallic appear- 

 ance having a still more washed-out look, and extending to 

 practically the suture and sides. At Beverley, specimens were 

 so numerous on a shrub of the dangerous "York Road" poison 

 {Gastrolohiu7n sp.) that it was almost defoliated. 



Calomela sublineata, n.sp. 



Black with a green, or brassy-green or brassy gloss, labrum, 

 antennse, and palpi of a dingy red, undersurface and legs darker, 

 with a more or less metallic-green gloss. 



Head with crowded punctures of moderate size, and, in places, 

 obliquely confluent, with a narrow but shining and distinct 

 median line; clypeal suture well defined but not deep. Antenntc 

 rather thin, extending to about middle of metasternum. Pro- 

 thorax more than twice as wide as long, sides genth^ rounded 

 and widest at about basal fourth; with crowded and fairly large 

 punctures on sides, much smaller and sparser elsewhere. Elytra 

 moderately long, parallel-sided to near apex; with subgeminate 

 rows of not very large punctures, larger behind shoulders than 

 elsewhere, with minute scattered punctures on interstices. 

 Intercoxal process of prosterniim depressed along middle, and 

 with some large punctures, base strongly notched. Chiws rather 

 strongly dentate. Length, 7|-8mm. 



