230 MARTIN JACOBY 



strongly punctured, transverpely rugose at the sides, costate near 

 the apex. 



Longtli 2-2 V2 hnes. 



Head closely and strongly punctured; clypeus not separated 

 from the face, wedgeshaped , punctured like the head; labrum 

 fulvous; antennae more than half the length of the body, the 

 third joint double the length of the second, first six joints ful- 

 vous, the rest more or less distinctly piceous. Thorax transverse, 

 sides distinctly angulate at the middle, surface closely and 

 strongly punctured, the interstices rugose. Elytra semipunctate- 

 striate near the suture , the punctures arranged in double rows 

 anteriorly but singly towards the apex; interspaces transversely 

 rugose near the sides and forming at the same place about four 

 obsolete longitudinal costae, the apex being strongly and regu- 

 larly costate. Legs fulvous , the femora , especially the posterior 

 ones are more or less stained with greenish aeneous. 



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

 bertis). 



The upper side of this species varies in colour from greenish 

 aeneous to green or dark blue. From D. apicalis Baly, a closely 

 allied species , the present one is separated by the colour of the 

 antennae , labrum and legs and by the obsolete but yet di- 

 stinctly visible costae at the sides of the elytra in addition to 

 those at the apex. 



54. Dermorrliytis viridis, 11. sp. 



Oblong, ovate, metalhc green; legs and antennae, their apical 

 joints excepted, fulvous. Thorax remotely punctured, dentate at 

 the sides. Elytra geminate punctate-striate , the apex longitudi- 

 nally costate. 



Length 2-3 lines. 



Head finely punctured, substrigoso near the inner margin of 

 the eyes; cpistome not separated from the face, with a few 

 very fine punctures, its anterior margin threesinuate ; labrum 

 fulvous; jaws black; antennae not extending further than the 



