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spots, of which the first is situated ahiiost in tlie middle at the 

 outer margin , the thii'd near the suture at some distance from the 

 top, the second midway between the first and third, moreover a 

 very small punctiform spot close to the suture and midway Ijetween 

 the fascia and the apical spot. Underneath and legs golden 

 coppery. 



Head thickly punctured ; hairy. Prothorax convex , sides rounded , 

 moderately narrowed anteriorly; deeply punctured, chiefly at the 

 sides; hairy, Elytra gradually narrowed towards the top, apices 

 slightly divergent, apical and marginal spines strong, the humeral 

 fold angularly produced; costate, interstices plain, faintly plicated, 

 with a row of distant deep punctures on each. Undersurface closely 

 punctate, more finely and densely on the abdomen; clothed, legs 

 included , with a sparse silvery pile. 



Variability. The punctiform spots near the suture disappear, 

 and the fascia has a tendency to become separated into two spots. 



Two specimens in coll. Oberthiir. Dedicated to Mr. R. Oberthür. 



44. Astraeus elongatus v. d. Poll. 



Astraeus elongatus v. d. Poll, Noi. from the Lei/d. Mus. , 

 VIII (1886), p. 177. 



Elongatus, paralleltis, nitidus. Caput aureo-viride ut et protliorax 

 in medio cyanescens vel nigrescens; elytra atro-coerulea , violaceo- 

 internitentia , singula elytra septenis maculis f avis notata; pars infera 

 cum pedibus laete viridis, nitidlssitna. Caput crassum , front e profunde , 

 vertice sparsim punctatum. Prothorax convexus, laterlbus sxérotun- 

 datis, apicem versus fere hand angustatis; fortlter punctatus , 

 suhtilius in disco. Elytra costata, interstitiis plants, punctis niagniA 

 fere confluentibus instructis; pro magna parte parallela, apicibus 

 mediocriter divergentibus , spinis suturalibus lateralihtsque acutis. Pars 

 infera confertim punctata , in abdomine subtllius sed densissime ; 

 pubescentia minutissima sericea induta. 



Long. 9j — 12 mm. , lat. 3 — 4^ mm. 



Habitat: Queensland, West Australia, Port Denison , Swan 

 River. 



