MJÖBERG, CICINDELID^, GYRINID^, LUCANID^, PAUSSID^. 3 



6. Megacephala kimberleyensis n. sp. (Fig. 1). — A 

 species with a beautiful metallic sheen, well differentiated 

 from all those hitherto described. 



Brilliant metallic green and blue, legs, antennae and most 

 of the mouth-parts, and a very narrow apical margin påle yel- 

 lowish, head between eyes dark, except a green narrow stripe 

 just near the interiör margin of the eye, with two not very 

 deep longitudinal impressions, antennse long and slender, the 

 four first joints naked and shiny, the other ones covered 



Fig. 1. Megacephala kimberleyensis Mjöb. n. sp. 



by dense fine hairs, mandibles strong, the left one with a 

 smaller tooth behind the third (the apex itself being reckoned 

 as the first!), at the inner margin and on the teeth in- 

 fuscate, labrum infuscate at the anterior margin, in J* the 

 median prolongation more pronounced than in ^ ; prothorax 

 distinctly tapering towards the base, disc dark, surrounded by 

 metallic green on all sides, in front and at base greatly 

 impressed transversally, the part between the anterior, finely 

 ciliated anterior margin and the anterior transversal impres- 

 sion more or less fuscous; a lateral carina is present, and 

 runs from the anterior margin to about the middle of the 



