BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 387 



roughly and densely punctate with rows of decumbent pile as in 

 D. lineata. The abdomen less pilose than in that species. Legs 

 red. Fore tibiae bluntly bidentate. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hab. — Richmond River. 



5. DlPHUCEPHALA NITIDICOLLIS, n. Sp. 



Metallic green, legs pale red ; the whole body clothed rather 

 thinly with a short ashen pile. Head minutely and densely 

 punctate, broad, and vertical, with the clypeus broadly but not 

 deeply emarginate at the apex which is slightly wider than the 

 base, and the angles recurved and rounded. The thorax has a 

 somewhat coppery tinge and is densely and minutely punctate, 

 the dorsal channel is broad but not deep, the lateral fovese are 

 deep but do not form a continuous transverse depression, and the 

 sides are acutely angled at the lateral fovea. 



The elytra are rugose and coarsely and rather transversely 

 punctate with two almost obsolete costse on each elytron. The 

 pygidium is large, the apex smooth and of a coppery lustre. The 

 upper tooth of the fore tibiae minute and near the other. 



Length, 3£ lines. 



Hab. — Illawarra. 



6. DlPHUCEPHALA OBSCURA, n. sp. 



This species resembles D. nitidicollis in many respects, but it is 

 more pilose and coarsely punctate. The head has the median line 

 on the forehead just traceable, the suture of the clypeus is visible 

 and slightly sinuate in the middle, the suture of the proclypeus 

 forms in the middle a short transverse ridge, the apex is slightly 

 emarginate and the angles are very slightly reflexed. The thorax 

 has the dorsal channel large, depressed in the middle, and the 

 transverse depression extends right across from one lateral fovea 

 to the other. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



