1879.] 71 



NOTES ON" THE ABBLIINM, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



BY FKEDK. BATES. 



(Continued, from Jiage 33). 



Caediothoeax akmipes, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, sub-parallel, black, but little shining : head and prothorax not 

 visibly punctured ; the usual impressions on the former strongly marked, foveated 

 between the eyes : prothorax a little longer than wide, finely and sxib-equally mar- 

 gined thi'oughout, apes arcuately emarginate, base sub-triangulately emarginate ; 

 hind angles prominent, acute, outwardly directed : sides moderately rounded, slightly 

 sinuately so behind the middle ; more contracted basally than apically ; foliaceous 

 margins flat, marked oS from the disc by an irregular fiu'row, and at their widest 

 part equal to one-fifth the width of the entire disc ; this latter strongly sulcated down 

 the median line ; parallel to and at a little distance from this are placed three fovese 

 on each side, the first largest and rounded, the others smaller and oblong : scutellum 

 smooth, triangular, pointed behind : elytra broader at base than base of prothorax, 

 depressed behind the scutellum ; shoulders sub-angulately rounded, channelled 

 within ; on each elytron nine well-marked longitudinal furrows, the intervals convex, 

 of unequal width, 6 and 8 distinctly narrowest : legs, tarsi, and basal joints of 

 antennae deep shining black : front tibiae slightly curved, the middle and hind 

 straight : hind femora strongly dentate in middle of inner margin : under-side 

 smooth, shining black. Long. 7| lines. 



$ . A little smaller (7t lines), less parallel, the fovese at each side the median 

 line of prothorax sub-obsolete : legs more slender, the intermediate and posterior 

 shorter ; hind thighs unarmed ; and tarsi ferruginous. 



Eockhampton. 



Cabdiothoeax opacicollis, MacLeay. 



A single (J example of this species in the collection of Dr. Haag 

 differs from the preceding in being larger (9 lines) ; the colour decidedly 

 bronzed-black ; the sides of prothorax more sinuately rounded and 

 more strongly bordered : the elytral sulcations are scarcely so strong 

 or so wide, the intervals a little less convex and all of equal width : 

 the basal joints of antennae are not of so decided a black colour ; the 

 tarsi are ferruginous ; the anterior tibiae are a little flexuous, but are 

 not curved : the hind femora are armed as in the preceding. 



CaEDIOTHOKAX EEMOEATUS, sp. 11. 



$ . Much smaller and of quite a different halit to the two preceding. Elongate- 

 ovate, of a beautiful dark green with violet reflections : head and prothorax impunc- 

 tate ; the stirrup-shaped impression on the former obsolete behind ; not foveated 

 between the eyes : prothorax transverse, finely bordered throughout, moderately 

 convex, front angles acute but not prominent ; base sinuately emarginate, hind angles 

 obtuse, not prominent ; sides regularly rounded, not coarctate at base, as wide across 

 the middle as the elytra ; slightly more contracted basally than apically ; foliaceous 



