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7. Australie», suturali» , n. sp. 



Oblong; fulvous; terminal joints of the antennae and the tarsi, 

 black , thorax foveolate-punctate ; elytra fulvous , a suturai and 

 lateral stripe, metallic green, surface subgeminate punctate- 

 striate. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head closely punctured at the vertex, the interstices rugose 

 and elevate at the lower portion ; episteme separated from the 

 face by a deep transverse , laterally abbreviated groove ; labrum 

 and jaws fulvous, apex of latter, black; antennae extending 

 slightly beyond the base of the thorax , the terminal joints wi- 

 dened, broader than long, the four lower joints fulvous, the 

 rest black; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides 

 slightly constricted at the base, much rounded and widened be- 

 fore the middle; anterior angles acute and slightly produced 

 outwards; surface convex, the disk very remotely and irregu- 

 larly deeply foveolate-punctate, the punctures closely placed at 

 the sides, interstices rather swollen; scutellum fulvous; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate , the striae often composed of two rows, 

 the sides much more deeply and closely punctured and the in- 

 terstices at the same place forming two or three longitudinal 

 costae; of the metallic green stripes, one occupies the suturai 

 margin, the other, the middle of the disk, both these stripes 

 do not extend to the apex Ijut join each other at a little di- 

 stance from the latter; claws bifid; presternum bilobed. 



Hah. Australia, Somerset, Cape York (L. M. D'Albertis). 



8. Stetlxoinela basali® , n. sp. 



Below, the legs and antennae, black; head and thorax me- 

 tallic bluish black, impunctate; elytra regularly punctate-striate, 

 metallic violaceous blue, the base fulvous. 



Length 4-4 72 lines. 



Head entirely impunctate, with a short longitudinal groove 



