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depressed on each side of scutellum and foveate within the 

 humeri; abdomen finely striolate at sides, the last segment punc- 

 tate, with large circular depression, epi- and parapleural nearly 

 smooth, sternum finely rugose at sides, prosternal process not 

 carinate, saddle-shaped in front, circular behind, closely fitting 

 mesosternal cavity. Ovipositor extruded. Dimensions, 13 x 9 mm. 



Hab. — Tambourine Mountain, South Queensland(H. Hacker). 



A single female specimen, in the Queensland Museum, is a sin 



gularly beautiful insect, much more nitid than and without the 



longitudinal lines on the elytra of C. variegatus. There are two 



specimens in the Macleay Museum, from New South Wales. 



Prophanes ducalis, n.sp. 



Oblong-ovate, glabrous, whole surface above and below a rich 

 metallic purple bronze, very nitid, (borders of pronotum and parts 

 of head tinged with green), legs blue, femora with violet reflec- 

 tions, apical joints of antennae fuscous. 



Head with labrum produced (showing membranous hinge), 

 truncate and rectangular, epistoma straight in front, angulate at 

 its junction with canthus, the latter raised and elongate, limiting 

 suture straight and clearly impressed, front widely, channelled, eyes 

 large and separated by a distance considerably less than the trans- 

 verse diameter of one eye; closely, irregularly punctate, the punc- 

 tures larger on clypeal than on frontal area (in neither case so 

 coarse as in P. Master si Pasc). Antennae extending considerably 

 beyond the humeri, joints 7-11 enlarged, 3 about as long as 4 and 

 5 combined, 4-6 obconic, 7-10 pear-shaped, 8-10 shorter than 7, 

 not wider than long, 1 1 elongate subcylindric, nearly as long as the 

 preceding three combined. Prothorax,4 x 7 mm., length measured 

 in the middle, width at base, widely emarginate at apex, anterior 

 angles strongly produced into spines curved obliquely outwards, 

 width between spines 5 mm.; sides slightly sinuate (widely in 

 front, narrowly behind), otherwise nearly straight, base strongly 

 bisinuate, central lobe produced and subtruncate, posterior 

 angles produced (less so than the middle lobe) and acute, 

 with narrow raised border throughout, except on central basal 

 lobe ; surface uneven, with six large foveate depressions, two f orm- 



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