138 EEVISION OP THE GENUS LAMPRIMA OP LATREILLE, 



This is an unique insect in the old Macleayan collection, labelled 

 " New Holland," and with no other indication of locality. 



Lamprima violacea. n. sp. 



Male. Thorax and elytra deep violet-blue with a greenish tinge 

 on the margins, the first of these is very finely and distantly 

 punctured, the other has a iew obsoletely punctured striae near the 

 suture. The scutellum is of a rounded triangular form, with a few 

 indistinct punctures on the base. The under surface and legs are 

 of a very brilliant golden-green. The antennae, palpi and tarsi are 

 piceous. The mandibles are long and slender, slightly diverging, 

 not or only a little bearded on the inside, and terminate in two 

 teeth or angles with a slight emargination between them. The 

 triangular excavation on the head, which is of a dull bronze colour, 

 is more finely punctured than is usual in the genus. The spur of 

 the fore tibiae is strongly securiform ; the teeth on the outer side 

 are five in number, and do not reach above the middle. The 

 mesosternum is strongly pointed, the anterior face is quite vertical. 



The female difliers from the male in being larger, of a greenish 

 colour, and much more punctate. 



Length (mand, inch) ^ 10 lines 9 10 lines. 



A male and female of this remarkable species were taken at 

 Botany Bay, many years ago by Mr. Masters, and are now in that 

 gentleman's collection. 



I have never seen another specimen anywhere. 



Lamprina minima. n. sp. 



Male. The upper surface is of a rather dull bronze, the under 

 surface and legs are of a pale piceous red. The mandibles are 

 very short (shorter than the head) stout, scarcely notched and 

 toothed below and bidentate (almost truncate) above. 



The head which has a copper-red tinge, is very strongly ])unctate, 

 its triangular depression is very shallow. The thorax is distinctly 

 but not densely punctate, and has a round depression in the middle 



