88 MONOGBAPHICAL ESSAY ON THE 



lineis latis irregularibus duabus ruhris vel flavis ornatis. Suhtus 

 purpureo-cupreus , sterno segnientisque abdomìnis lateralìier maculis 

 rubris notatis , pedibus viridi-aeneis. Omnmo pubescentia sericea 

 obtectus, densissime in abdomine, minutissime in elytris. Caput crebre 

 rugoso-pu7ictatum, in medio linea glabra. Prothorax subcotivexus , 

 lateribus ?'ectis, apicem verstis angustatisj confertim punctatus, ad 

 latera rugosus. Fdytra striato-punciata j interstitiis subconvexis, 

 sparsim punctatis, subtilissime transversaliter plicatis ; apicibus panilo 

 divergentibus , spinis marginalibus deßcientibus. Pars infera dense 

 punctata; prosterno pauUisper concavo. 



Long. 11 — 14 mm. , lat. 4 — 5 mm. 



Habitat: N. W. Australia. 



Uppersurface shining black with u purplish or bronzy-green 

 reflection, chiefly on the forehead; head with two reddish spots 

 underneath the eyes, prothorax bordered with a narrow reddish 

 stripe along the sides and with a spot of the same color on each 

 side of the median lobe ; each of the elytra ornated with two broad 

 irregular reddish stripes, one close to the suture, originating at 

 the base and nearly reaching the apex , and the other commencing 

 below the shoulder, where it touches the margin, then continuing 

 at some distance along the outer margin , ending close to the suturai 

 stripe. Undersurface and legs purplish-coppery, the breast marked 

 laterally with two reddish spots, the abdominal segments with a 

 spot on each side, these spots becoming very small on the three 

 last segments. Above sparingly covered wàth a shorl silvery pile , 

 beneath thickly clothed with the silvery pubescence. 



Head strongly rugosely punctured, with a short glabrous line 

 in front. Prothorax slightly convex , sides almost straight , obliquelly 

 narrowed towards the top , thickly punctured , rugose at the sides. 

 Elytra with rather prominent shoulders, slightly diverging at the 

 suture, apices ending in short spines; striate-punctate , the inter- 

 stices subconvex, sparingly punctured and faintly strigose in a 

 transverse direction. Beneath closely punctured, the punctures 

 being coarsest on the prosternum and finest on the abdomen ; 

 prosternum somewhat concave. 



