BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 571 



Epicosmus comptus, Laferte. 



Isotarsus comptus, Laf., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1851, p. 220; 

 Chaud., Mon. jd. 130: Eudema australe, Casteln. (not Dejean), /.c, 

 p. U6. 



Black; elytral spots- orange; inflexed margins of elytra reddish 

 below anterior spot. Prothorax broader than long (2*9 x 3-6mm.), 

 ampliate at widest part; sides obliquely but a little roundly 

 narrowed to apex (2 mm.), strongly narrowed to base (2-35 mm.), 

 posteriorpart of sides strongl}' sinuate. Elytra oval (7*1 x 4-8mm.), 

 lightly convex ; interstices 2-7 subequal behind posthumeral 

 spots, summits nitid, 3rd, 5th and 7th visibly more raised towards 

 base, 3rd strongly raised on apical declivity. Length 12-3, 

 breadth 4*8 mm. 



Hab. — South of Queensland, and north of New South "Wales 

 {^fide Castelnau). 



My single specimen is without locality. Castelnau says it is 

 found in South Queensland, Clarence River, Sydney, kc. I have, 

 however, only found E. mastersi, Sloane, in the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney. Chaudoir in his 'Monograph' says that Eudema aus- 

 trale of Castelnau's notes was E. comi'ptus^ Laf. 



Epicosmus froggatti, n.sp. 



Oval, robust, convex. Head small ; prothorax with disc 

 roundly convex in middle, declivous to apex and sides, and to 

 base in a long but decided slope, margins reflexed near base; 

 elytra convex, sutural part (1st and 2nd interstices) lightly 

 depressed, striae deep, punctate, interstices very convex, rounded 

 on summits, 3rd and 5th a little wider and more raised, with 

 summits more nitid and hardly punctulate. Black; elytral spots 

 dark red, large (anterior 1-7, posterior 1-6 mm. in length). 



Head long, convex; eyes small, hemispherical; antennae slender. 

 Prothorax trans^■erse (2-3 x 3-25 mm.), widest just behind middle; 

 sides roundly ampliate from apex, strongly and widely rounded 

 at widest part, rather obliquely narrowed to base without sinu- 

 osit}'; base (2*1 mm.) wider than apex (1-Gmm.); basal angles 



