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Thallis compta. 



Thallis compta, Eric. Arch. f. Xat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Adelaide, Sydney, Madagascar (?) 



Abdomen piibescent, sides s[)aringly and deeply punctate; 

 coxal line very short and slight ; metasternum l)lack, sides deeply, 

 disc lightly punctured, canaliculate, apex dei)ressed, presternum 

 very coarsely punctate, process convex, rounded. 



Tiiallis vinula. 



ThalHs vinula, Eric. Arch./. Nat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Melbourne. 



Elytra with a scutellar stria ; abdomen sparingly, sides deeply, 

 punctate ; coxal line visible ; metasternum with the sidt;s deeply 

 punctate; prosternum deeply punctate, the intercoxal process 

 quadrate, truncote. 



Thallis janthina. 



Thallis janthln a, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Sydney, Rockharai)ton. 



Eyes less coarsely granulated, above very sparingly clothed 

 with extremely tine hair-like setc^ ; these exist also in T. compta, 

 but are scarcely perceptible. 



Thallis nigrossnea, sp, n. 



Oblonga, nigro ?enea, alutacea, nitida, brevissime setulosa ; 

 capite thoraceque parce punctulatis, hoc lateribus marginatis, rectis, 

 basi utrinque sinuato ; elytris seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 

 punctulatis ; abdomine subtus pubescente, alutaceo, parce punc- 

 tulato; linea coxali distincta ; metasterno parce punctulato, 

 canaliculato, antice truncato ; pre, sterno la^vi, processu rotundato. 

 L. 2^1in. 



N. Caledonia. 



Eyes coarsely granulated ; antennae with the 3rd joint sub- 

 elongate. 



Thallis (?) bifasciata, sp. n.* 



Nigra, fortiter punctata, brevissime setulosa; thorace quadrato, 

 angulis anticis deflexis ; scutello parce punctulato ; elytris jnmc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis parce uniseriatim i)unctulatis, rufis, ina- 

 cula quadrata scutellari, fascia media, alteraque apiculi nigris 

 (apice ipso rufo). L. 2 lin. 



Rock hai n pton (J an son ) . 



Abdomen finely punctate, coxal line evident, metasternum 

 finely (sides coarsely) punctate, sulcate behind ; mesosternum de- 

 pressed ; prosternum with the ])rocess narrow, paralk'l, mai-gmed, 



