NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 209 



separated from the face, rather longer than broad, its anterior 

 margin scarcely concave, surface rugose-punctate; antennae ful- 

 vous , robust , the third and three following joints thinner than 

 the second but scarcely longer, the five terminal joints distinctly 

 thickened, finely pubescent. Thorax twice as broad as long , scar- 

 cely narrowed in front , the sides rounded , the angles acute 

 but not produced, surface strongly and subremotely punctured, 

 the punctures of a rather elongate shape. Elytra not depressed 

 below the base, fulvous and like the rest of the upper surface, 

 shining, with ten deeply impressed rows of rather distantly 

 placed punctures which disappear entirely below the middle. 

 Below fulvous, the breast darker. Femora unarmed. 



Australia , Somerset ( Cape York ) , January ( L. M. D' Al- 

 bertis ). 



Although the antennae in this small species differ in the re- 

 lative length of their joints as well as in shape , all other cha- 

 racters peculiar to the genus are present. The impunctate last 

 third of the elytra will further distinguish it from allied small 

 species. A dozen specimens are before me. 



28. Filxypai'ida, metallica, n. sp. 



Elongate , parallel , piceous below ; above metallic green. 

 Thorax obscure cupreous, finely punctured. Elytra finely punc- 

 tate-striate the apex nearly impunctate. Femora unarmed. 



Length 3 V-?"^ ^'^^^• 



Head very distinctly but not very closely punctured, the 

 middle impressed with a short oblong fovea, obscure cupreous 

 or metallic green ; episteme not separated from the face , its 

 anterior margin but slightly concave at the middle, surface 

 punctured like the head or a little more closely. Eyes very 

 slightly emarginate at their inner margin. Labrum dark fulvous. 

 Antennae of nearly half the length of the body, the terminal 

 joints somewhat and gradually thickened, entirely piceous. Tho- 

 rax subquadrate , slightly broader than long , the sides strongly 

 rounded, all the angles tuberculate, surface extremely finely 



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