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CAnj)IOTnuRAX POLITICOIJJS, sp. )l. 



S. Similar in //a/^/!' to C. jrithecius, Pasc. Colour shining golden-brassy with 

 (especially on the elytra) purplish reflections : head and prothorax finely but dis- 

 tinctly punctured ; the former with two small but distinct fovea; between the eyes : 

 the latter convex, well margined throughout, sides moderately rounded, broadest be- 

 fore the middle, much more strongly narrowed behind than in front : foliaceous 

 margins as in C. pithecius, the front angles more acute and prominent than in that 

 species; disc smooth; median line very finely impi-essed: scutellum rounded behind : 

 elytra rather finely striated, the stria; distinctly punctured ; the intervals flat, visibly 

 punctured : under-side, legs, and antennae black ; tarsi pitchy : anterior femora 

 simple : anterior tibiae straight, compressed, and strongly expanded outwardly. 



Long. 6 1 lines. 

 Upper Hunter Eiver, New Soiitli AVales. 



? . Unknown. 



Cardiothorax longipes, sjj. n. 



$ . Elongate-elliptic, black or dark copper-brown ; somewhat nitid : head and 

 prothorax not visibly punctured; the former usually smooth between the eyes ; the 

 latter moderately convex, finely and evenly bordered throughout, sides moderately 

 rounded, widest behind the middle, more contracted at base than at apex ; foliaceous 

 margins moderate, equal to about one-fifth the entire width of the disc ; this latter 

 foveate at each side the median line (which is lightly impressed) nearer the base, and 

 more obscurely so nearer the apex ; base sinuately emarginate, hind angles more 

 obtuse than the front angles : scutellum triangular, black, smooth, shining: elytra 

 elliptic, shoulders very oblique ; regularly sulcated, nearly as strongly so on the 

 epipleurse as on the back ; intervals equal, a little convex, not visibly punctured : 

 under-side and legs shining black ; tarsi ferruginous ; antennije more or less pitchy- 

 brown ; legs very long ; anterior femora armed with a large tooth near the apex, 

 within ; front tibiae bowed and sinuous ; intermediate and hind tibiae nearly straight. 



Long. 85 lines. 

 Richmond River, Queensland. 



$ . Unknown to me. 



Caediothoeax cuevipes, sj). n. 



(J . A little broader and more robust than the preceding, the colour deep shining 

 black ; the prothorax widest at the middle, the posterior contraction a little sinuate, 

 so that the hind angles appear more distinct, the foliaceous margins a little wider ; 

 the discal fovese sub-obsolete ; the median line a little more distinctly impressed : 

 the shoulders of the eljtra are much less obliquely rounded : the legs (especially the 

 femora) are much shorter ; the tooth to the front femora sub-obsolete ; the anterior 

 tibiae are somewhat sinuous, but not bowed ; the intermediate are recurved near the 

 apex ; and the posterior are bent inwards and towards each other : the colour of 

 the under-side, legs, &c., as in the preceding. Long. 8-2 lines. 



9 . Broader and more robust ; all the tibifp nearly straight. 



New Soutli Wales. 



