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33. DlPHUCEPHALA SMARAGDULA, Boisd. 



Yoy. Astrol. Col. p. 204; Burm. Hand. IV. p. 117; D. 

 pusilla, Waterk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1, p. 226. 



Nitid, green, clothed above and beneath with decumbent pile. 

 Head punctate, the clypeus densely, and in the male slightly 

 emarginate and renexed, the angles broadly rounded. Thorax 

 transverse, thinly punctate, the anterior and lateral angles acute, 

 the dorsal channel wide and deep at the base, and the lateral 

 foveae deep and extending across the dorsal channel. Scutellum 

 depressed and minutely punctate towards the apex. Elytra 

 coarsely and rugosely punctate. Legs green, tarsi cyaneous. Fore 

 tibiae bidentate. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Eab.—N. S. Wales. 



34. DlPHUCEPHALA PRASIXA, n. Sp. 



Grass-green, subopaque, densely and sharply punctate. Head 

 minutely punctate, the clypeus of the male roundly but not deeply 

 emarginate with the angles slightly reflexed and rounded. 

 Thorax very minutely and densely punctate, the lateral angle 

 acute, the dorsal channel very wide and shallow on the basal half, 

 and the lateral foveae extending to the middle in a shallow groove, 

 Scutellum rounded on the sides, depressed a little near the apex, 

 where it is exceedingly minutely punctate. Elytra transversely 

 punctate, with two distinctly elevated costae and the humeral 

 callus of a violet colour. The under surface is clothed with white 

 decumbent pile, with the apex of each abdominal segment glabrous. 

 Legs green, tarsi reddish, the fore tibiae bidentate. 



Lenth, 2 lines. 



Hah. — Bargo. 



3. Dorsal channel of thorax double at the base. 



35. Diphucephala aurulenta, Kirby. 



Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. XII. p. 400 ; Waterh. Trans. Ent. 



Soc. Lond. I. p. 222; Burm. Handb. IV. p. 116; D. foveolata, 



Boisd. Voy. Astrol. Col. p. 203. 

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