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ench sule and on tlie fore border, where it is hooded; sides and fore border 

 testaceous or tawny beneath, disk longitudinally rngulose ; sides punctured ; 

 hiud border tuberculale, slightly rounded. Mesolhorax and nietalhorax 

 more slightly rugulose and punctured; hind angles hardly elongated. 

 Abdomen tuberculaie; under side smooth, metallic-green, piceous in the 

 disk; supra-anal lamina entire, slightly keeled; styles red. Cerci 

 testaceous, short. Legs piceous, moderately long and stout; coxae metallic- 

 green, testaceous-borclered ; femora tinged with green, armed with short 

 spines; tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous, the former armed with black 

 spines; arolia large. Length of the bi^dy 12 — 13 lines. 



a. Swan River. From Dr. Bacon's collection. 



b. Swan River. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



28. POLVZOSTERIA PATULA. 



Foem. ^nea, lata, fere elliplica, dense punclata, sitbliis tesfacea ; caput 

 viride, ciipreu variuin, linen transversa, maryine antico palpuque 

 testaceis ; anlennce rnfce, basi nigra: ; prolhorax subc<irrosus, mari/ine 

 antico truncato inargmeque postico subconcavo testaceis, latrribus 

 sordide testaceis subreflexis pallida bilineatis ; abdomen viltis scpteni 

 yutlularibus lateribusque testaceis ; lamina supra-analis incisa; cerci 

 breves, pallide testacei ; pedes testacei, niyro spinosi; femora viridi 

 vittata. 

 Female. ^Eneous, broad, convex, nearly elliptical, thickly and 

 minutely punctured, testaceous, smooth and shining beneath. Head 

 concealed, metallic-green, partly cupreous; sockets of the antennae, a line 

 above eacli eye, space abmit the mouth and palpi testaceous. Eyes piceous, 

 wide apart. Antennas red, black towards the base. Prothorax nearly semi- 

 circular, with a few deep excavations iu the disk; fore border and hind 

 border narrowly testaceous; fore border truncated and slightly hooded; 

 sides slightly rellexed and broadly dingy testaceous, this hue divided by a 

 paler line from the aeneous disk and bounded by the black grooved outer 

 edge; hind border slightly curved inward; hind angles rounded and 

 slightly elongated. AJesothorax and metathorax around like the prothorax 

 on each side and on the hind border, slightly rugulose on each side; hind 

 angles hardly elongated ; hind border undulated. Abdomen above with 

 testaceous sides and with seven stripes of testaceous dots; supra-anal 

 lamina notched. Cerci pale testaceous, short. Legs testaceous, railier 

 short and stout; femora with a metallic-green stripe and with short black 

 spines; tiijitE with black spines; arolia large. Length of the body 

 15 lines. 

 a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



29. PoLVZOSTERIA FIGURATA. 



Foem. Viridi -nigra, ovata, opaca, dense punctata ; palpi ttslacci ; thoracis 

 anguli postici acute producti ; prolhorax rvgulosus, later ihus margine- 

 qne antico testaceis valde refli'xis, margine postico tvberciilato ; 

 ' ubdomen teslaceo conferte gnltalum ; venter teslaceo gultulariter 

 iioiltatus i lamina supra-aiiulis Integra ; ceici breves, pallide testacei ; 

 pedes pallide testacei, brcviusculi, tibiis nigro spinosis. 



