BY A. M. LEA. 519 



sion much larger than elsewhere. Intercoxal process of pro- 

 sternum grooved throughout, but the groove narrowed at base, 

 this being subtriangularly notched, the apex, from certain direc- 

 tions, appearing to project as two small tubercles above the 

 adjacent parts. Four front tihice, rather strongly curved on 

 apical half, the hind ones less noticeably so; claws strongly and 

 acutely dentate (almost bifid). Length, 6 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland (H. J. Carter; unique). 



Not very close to any previously described species. Parts of 

 the prosternum and of the undersurfaceof the head are obscurely 

 reddish, in some lights parts of the upper surface have a vague 

 metallic gloss. The curvature of the tibiae is probably sexually 

 variable, and the type is probably a male. 



AuGOMELA ORNATA Baly, var.(?). 

 A specimen from Darwin may represent a variety of this 

 species, with the beautiful purple cross on each elytron of the 

 typical form replaced by a brassy-green one, but which, in some 

 lights, has a vague purplish gloss in parts of the posthumeral 

 depression; the intercoxal process of the prosternum is somewhat 

 narrower and less conspicuously notched at the base, and the 

 elytral punctures are smaller. Possibly it belongs to a distinct 

 species, but, at present, it appears inadvisable to describe it as 

 such. 



AUGOMELA NITIDICEPS, n.Sp. 



Black with a vague brassy-green gloss in places; labrum, parts 

 of basal joints of antennse, palpi, and parts of femora more or 

 less reddish. 



Head almost impunctate, median line very feeble : clypeal 

 suture distinct but not deep. Prothorax not thrice as wide as 

 median length, basal three-fourths almost parallel-sided; with 

 sparsely scattered and not very large punctures, more distinct at 

 extreme base than elsewhere, and with very minute punctures. 

 Elytra slightly wider than prothorax, sides feebly dilated behind 

 shoulders; with regular rows of not very large punctures, becom- 

 ing much smaller posteriorly, interstices scarcely visibly punc- 

 tured. Intercoxal process of prosternum obtusely elevated in 



