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5. Size larger and wider(8-ll x3|4mm.) striato-punctata Macl.; 



viridipennis Macl. 

 6. Size smaller(7-8 x 2-2^ mm.) cupripennis Pasc. 



Having examined the types of Decialma striato-punctata Macl., 

 and of D. viridipennis Macl., I am convinced, (l)that there is 

 nothing but a slight colour-distinction between the two specimens; 

 and (2) that both are congeneric with C. cupripennis Pasc, 

 from which it is chiefly distinguished by difference of size. I 

 have already pointed out the strong probability of the synonymy 

 of C. cupripennis Pasc, with Thesilea planicollis Fairm., which 

 only a comparison of the types will definitely prove. 



Espites Pasc 



E. basalis Pasc, = (?)E.( Tetraphyllus) sumptuosus Hope. 

 I have already recorded this species from Cape York; origin- 

 ally described from New Guinea(These Proceedings, 1910, p. 134). 



TlT^NA TYRRHENA, n.Sp. 



Head and prothorax bright purple, with blue reflections, elytra 

 with the suture greenish, shoulders and margins cyaneous, the rest 

 purple with some metallic reflections, underside and legs variegated 

 with blue and purple, underside of femora reddish, tarsi and an- 

 tennae castaneous. 



Head coarsely and densely rugose-punctate, eyes smaller and 

 more prominent than in T. varicolor Haag-Rut. Prothorax very 

 convex anteriorly, produced and gibbous at the middle of apex, 

 anterior angles acute and prominent, the sides more rounded and 

 more narrowed behind than in T. varicolor Haag-Hut., posterior 

 angles widely obtuse, bisinuate and lobate at base, lateral margins 

 narrow and partially evident from above, sparsely pilose with 

 short whitish hair, and coarsely dotted with large round punctures, 

 the interstices (especially near base) subvermiculate and sometimes 

 wider than the punctures. Scutellum semicircular, punctate. Ely- 

 tra very little wider than prothorax, striate-punctate, the stria? 

 shallow, the intervals containing irregular lines of punctures of 

 the same size as those in the striae, otherwise smooth, elytra more 

 sparsely and shortly pilose than the prothorax. Sternum and 



