BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &0. 397 



pitchy black, thorax brilliant green, the middle of a golden hue, 

 punctate, the hind and middle fovese almost square, the lateral 

 foveae deep. Elytra green with a golden hue chiefly on the sides, 

 strongly punctate in series with two slightly elevated lines. Legs 

 green with white hairs ; tarsi cyaneous, the fore tibiae bidentate. 



Length, 2^ lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



I cannot, from the above description of Blanchard's, make out 

 the species with certainty, but if the insect I take to be it, is so, 

 the description of the dorsal channel should be "basal half wider 

 and somewhat quadrangular." 



29. DlPHUCEPHALA ANGUSTICEPS, n. Sp. 



Green with a golden-green gloss, sparingly pilose above, densely 

 beneath. Head rather narrow, short, densely and minutely 

 punctate, the clypeus of the male reflexed and emarginate in front 

 and pointed at the external angles. Thorax moderately punctate, 

 the anterior and lateral angles acute, the dorsal channel wide, 

 particularly on the basal half, the lateral fovese large, deep, and 

 extending almost to the middle. Scutellum a little depressed in 

 the middle and minutely punctate. Elytra rngosely punctate. 

 Under surface and legs of a bluish metallic-green, fore tibia? 

 bidentate. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab.—N. S. Wales. 



30. DlPHUCEPHALA AZUREIPENNIS, n. sp. 



Dark green, elytra greenish-blue, the upper surface rather thickly 

 pilose, beneath densely so. Head almost smooth on the vertex, 

 thickly punctate on the forehead, with an impression on each side 

 near the eyes, the clypeus densely and minutely punctate, nearly 

 square, and very slightly emarginate and reflexed in the male, 

 Thorax thinly punctate except in the fovese, the dorsal channel 

 deep and widening to the base, the lateral fovese large. Scutellum 

 impressed in the centre and minutely punctate. Elytra rugosely 



