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Chrysomelidae. 

 Stethomela Balyi i^^p. n. 



Reddish-fulvous, antennae (the basal Joints excepted) 

 black, thorax strongly aud remotelj piinctured, elytra metallic 

 greeu or cupreous, strongly punctate-striale, the interstices 

 (inely punctured, tibiae and tarsi metallic green. 



Leogth 4 lines. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, clypeus very short bonnded 

 above by a transvevse deep depression, antennae extending 

 to the base of the elytra, black, the basal two or three joints 

 fulvous, terminal joints tlattened, louger tliau broad, thorax 

 three times broader than long, the sides rounded at the 

 middle, the anterior margin deeply concave, the surface 

 rather convex, very sparingly punctured on the disc, the 

 sides more closely punctate, scutelium fulvous, triangulär, 

 elytra subquadrate, metallic green, strongly punctate-striate, 

 the interior of the punctures purplish, the rows sometimes 

 with extra punctures or the latter displaced, the interstices 

 finely and sparingly punctured, underside aud femora fulvous, 

 the tibiae and tarsi metallic green, the posterior tibiae strongly 

 curved, claws appendiculate, the inner division pointed, proster- 

 uum emarginate at the base, the apex scarcely produced, 

 anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hab. Australia, Cooktown. 



Closely alhed to S. julmcollis Jac. likewise from 

 Australia but smaller, of brighter metallic green colour and 

 the elytra with single not double rows of punctures as well 

 as the interstices linel}' ])unctured, there is also a round small 

 fovea visible at the lateral margin below the Shoulders. 

 1 have seen three specimens of this species. 



Stethomela viridissinia sp. n. 



Metallic bluish-black below, above bright metallic green,- 

 the clypeus, basal joints of the antennae and the legs fulvous, 

 thorax strongly punctured uear the base only, elytra regularly 

 punctate-striate, the base with two or three foveae below the 

 Shoulders. 



Length 3 lincb. 



Head impunctate, witli a deep triangulär fovea, the 

 clypeus in shape of a narrow transverse ndge, fulvous, 

 labrum fulvous, terminal Joint of the paipi transverse, truncate, 

 antennae black, the Iower three joints iulvous, terminal joints 

 scarcely widened, elongate, thorax three times broader thaa 



Sfett. eatomol. Zeit. 1895. 



