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Chalcomela fulvipes sp. u. 



Metallic green. the labrum, antennae and legs IuIvoun, 

 thorax linely and closely punctured, elytra strongly and regu- 

 larly punctate-striate, the sides strongl}^ lobed at the base, 

 elaws simple. 



Length S^j^ lioes. 



Head impunetate, clypeus not separated from tlie face, 

 the Space above the insertion of the antennae in shape of a 

 strongl}^ raised short ridge, labrum, maudibles and palpi ful- 

 vous, terminal joiut of the latter nearly as long as the prece- 

 ding one, antennae extending to the base of the elytra only, 

 fulvous, all the joints ^^hort, the iifth and following ones 

 tvansversel}" widened, thorax three times broader than long, 

 slightly widened at the middle, Ihe sides nearly straight, the 

 surface closely and linely punctured, with a row of deep 

 punctures on the basal margin, scutellum triangulär, elytra 

 with a strongly produced lateral lobe, ver}' regularly punctate- 

 striate, the punctures closely placed, nearly obsolete at the 

 apex, Shoulders not very acute, bounded by a deep depressiou 

 witliin, the last two rows with some deeper punctures below 

 the Shoulders, legs fulvous, prosteruum narrow, not raised, 

 longitudinally chanelled, claws simple. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Distinct from any of ils allies by the colour of the 

 antennae and legs. 



Halticidae 



Simaethea dimidiata sp. u. 



Elongate, broad, robust, black, head, antennae and tho- 

 rax bright fulvous, thorax strongly and remotely punctured, 

 elytra deeply punctate-striate, the anterior half fulvous, the 

 posterior one, black. 



Length 4'|o lines. 



Head impunetate, fulvous, frontal elevations strongly 

 raised, clypeus narrowly transverse, palpi incrassate at the 

 penultimate Joint, tlavous, antennae not extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, flavous, third and fourth joints equal, 

 terminal joints slightly shorter aud thicker, thorax twice as 

 broad as long, subquadrate, the sides rounded in front, straight 

 at the base, the surface rather convex, coarsely and remotely 

 punctured, fulvous, scutellum black, elytra transversely depressed 

 below the base, coarsely punctate-striate, the third interstice 

 with some extra punctures, the anterior half fulvous, the 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1895. 



