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Part II. 



COLEOPTERA ( CICINDELID.E, CARABID.E, AND 

 BUPRESTIDJi). 



By Thomas G. Sloane. 



A portion of the collection of Coleoptera, comprising the 

 Cicindfliihc, Carabidff, and Buprestida' has been placed in my 

 hands for determination. These consist of :— 



CICINDELID^. 



TiiER.\TES BASALis, Dej, ; 1 specimen. 

 Tricondyla aptera, Olivier ; .3 specimens. 



CARABTPiE. 

 Pseudoz.ena tenebkosa, n. sp. ; 1 specimen. 

 Ciial.enius uinotatus, Dej. ; 1 specimen. 



Tliis species, ot' whic^li CJi. macidifer, Casteln., is a synonym, is 

 also found iti Australi.i, extending as far south as the Clarence 

 River. 



Platynus papuensis, n. sp. ; 1 specimen. 



Perigoxa 1 sp. ? ; 1 specimen. 



A small black Fcronid belonging to the I'latynini ; I am not 

 certain of the genus. 



BUPRESTTD^.. 



CYPiiOfJASTER VENEREA, Thoiii. ; 1 specimen. 

 The following are desci-iptions of the two new spe(;ies of C«r«iuAf. 



PsEUDOZ.^^.NA TENERROSA, sj). nor 



Black, opaque. Head large, (3 x 4 nun.), mandibles, labrum, 

 and anterior part of forehead smooth, vertex punctate ; clypeal 

 suture lightly marked ; eyes prominent, inclosed behind by strong 

 processes, these extending beyond the eyes in a lilunt projection ; 

 anteiuue thick, moniliform, incrassate, joints finely punctate. 

 Prothorax hardly broader than head, transverse, (2.', x 4| mm.), 

 subcordate; anterior angles rounded, posterior sharply rectangulai'; 



