DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 63 



red. Elytra broader behind than in front, striato-punctate and 

 sh'ghtly hairy ; greenish metallic blue ; base near the shoulder 

 yellowish red ; a wide yellowish red band across the elytra, just 

 before the middle, widest on the margin. Prothorax beneath 

 yellowish red ; mesothorax and metathorax black. Abdomen 

 beneath at the base red, at the tip black. Legs black, with blue 

 reflexions. 



Length 3^ lines. 



Hah. Port Philip. 



Necrobia pinguis Westw. 



Short, thick. Head small, black, closely and densely punctured. 

 Antennte black ; the base and labrum fulvous. Prothorax much 

 wider than the head ; the sides in the middle dilated into a 

 rounded tubercle, thickly punctured, some of the punctures 

 larger ; rugose, sanguineous. Elytra black, roughly punctured ; 

 with a slender nearly straight band in the middle, and another 

 near the tip, whitish. Scutellum rufous. Body beneath, with 

 legs, of reddish testaceous. 



Length 3^ lines. 

 Hah. Van Diemen's Land. 



Necrobia eximia, n. s. 

 Head and thorax dark shining green, with brassy reflexions. 

 Antennae and trophi pitchy brown. Elytra with a widish, bril- 

 liant purple, transverse band on the middle ; the remainder with 

 the brightest combination of green, flame-coloured, and brassy 

 colours passing into each other ; under side yellowish green. 

 Legs with a bluish tint ; covered with many short black hairs. 



Length 2f lines. 

 Hah. W. Australia. 



Opetiopalpus obesus Westw. 



Small, thick, and convex, somewhat shining, punctured, with black 

 bristles. Head and prothorax of a dull sanguineous. Elytra 

 black, without spots. Antennae and legs of a reddish chestnut ; 

 club of antennse of a dull colour. 



Length 1^ lines. 



Hah. E. Indies. 



