BY A. M. LEA. 521 



a deep impression, and the fourth and the apex of the third seg- 

 ment of abdomen pale, as well as the tifth. 



Lamprolina hackeri, n.sp. 



Dark metallic-blue, sometimes purplish, sometimes with a 

 greenish gloss; head, prothorax, femora, tibiae, palpi, and from 

 two to four basal joints of antennae (wholly or in part, the others 

 usually purplish) llavous, scutelhim blackish, sometimes diluted 

 with red, tarsi usually with a metallic gloss, but occasional!}' 

 infuscated only. 



Head with a few punctures between eyes, elsewhere impunc- 

 tate. Clypeus depressed, suture semicircular and well-defined. 

 Antennae stout and moderately long. Prothorax scarcely twice 

 as wide as long; with two coarsely punctured foveae on each side, 

 a few distinct but not very large punctures scattered about. 

 Elytra elongate-subelliptic; with rows of distinct but not very 

 large punctures, becoming irregular about middle (but not near 

 suture) and very small posteriorly, with a rather shallow post- 

 humeral depression, in whicli the punctures are larger than else- 

 where, largest in fifth row from suture. Length, 10|-12| nmi. 



Z^a6. — Queensland: Coen River (H. Hacker) 



Of the size and somewhat the appearance of L. grandis^ but 

 prothorax smooth, with smaller and sparser punctures, foveae 

 smaller and sides more parallel: elytra somewhat wider, with 

 stronger punctures and several small foveae in the posthumeral 

 depressions. Two specimens from Cairns (E. Allen) have the 

 prothoracic foveas more approaching those of L. yrandis, but, in 

 other respects, they conform to the types. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLVIJL 

 Kig.L — Bolhoceras inconsuetum Lea; front view of clypeus. 

 Fig.2. — Bolhoceras varioiicoUe Lea; fr6"nt view of clypeus. 

 Fig. 3. — Bolboce7-a>i interruptum hen; front view of clypeus; 3A, back view. 

 Fig A.— Poly stigma vitticolle Macl. 

 Fig. 5. — Phyllocharis sculpdctps Lea. 

 Fig. 6. — RJueboniela maculata I^ea. 

 Fig. 7. —Rhtehomda fasciata Lea. 

 Fig. 8. — ^Estrnia tripartita [.ea. 



