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10. Stetlionxola. Tulvicollis, n. sp. 



Subquadrate-oblong , dark fulvous; tibiae and tarsi metallic 

 aeneous; thorax fulvous, closely punctured at the sides; elytra 

 brownish aeneous, closely geminate punctate-striate. 



Length 5 lines. 



Head with a central longitudinal groove and a few punctures 

 between the eyes; clypeus bounded above by a deep oblique 

 groove at each side ; labrum and jaws , fulvous ; antennae scar- 

 cely extending beyond the base of the thorax, black, four basal 

 joints fulvous; thorax nearly three times as broad as long, the 

 sides rather strongly rounded, fulvous, with a slight metallic 

 greenish gloss ; surftice remotely and not very strongly, the sides 

 very closely punctured, the interior of the punctures metallic 

 green; scutellum obscure piceous; elytra aeneous, each elytron 

 with about nine or ten rows of double and rather fine punc- 

 tures, visible to the apex; a small but deep fovea is placed at 

 the base in front of the shoulders and another one of a metallic 

 green colour is visible close to the lateral margin before the 

 middle; tibiae metallic green or cupreous, the posterior ones 

 curved at the base. 



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



Closely allied to S. fmternalis Baly , but much more finely 

 punctured and of different colour. 



11. Stethomela, ijapuana, n. sp. 



Metallic greenish cupreous below ; antennae, apex of the tibiae 

 and the tarsi fulvous; head and thorax reddish cupreous; elytra 

 dark purplish, strongly punctate-striate. ». 



Length 5 ^/^ lines. 



Head impunctate at the vertex, closely punctured near the 

 lower part of the eyes; labrum fulvous, covered with some stiff 

 bristle like yellow hairs; palpi and antennae fulvous , the latter 

 feeble and rather slender , not extending beyond the base of the 



