48 Mr. lialy'.^ Dc-^criittioiix nf 



tato ; ('lytris parallelis, puuctattAstriatis, intcrspatiis convexis, 

 sub-costatis. Long. 4i lin. 



Hab. We.'^tern Australia ; a single specimen collected by Mr. 

 Duboiilay. 



Clypeus longer than broad, pentagonal, its apex very acute ; 

 upper portion of face and vertex closely punctured, clothed with 

 adpressed hairs ; eyes very large and prominent, shining black ; 

 antenn;e erpial to the body in length, second joint very short, 

 third one half longer than the second, fourth more than twice as 

 long as the third, fourth and following joints slightly compressed. 

 Thorax longer than broad, sub-cylindrical, constricted in front of 

 the base ; surface glabrous, strongly but not very closely punc- 

 tured Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, interspaces convex, sub-costate, extreme ajiex of elytra 

 irregularly pimctured. Hinder thighs armed beneath near the 

 apex with a single tooth. 



La)))/)ro/in>i Jdunnvi, n. i^p. 



Elongata, couA'cxa, suljtus metallico-violacea, nitiila, thoracis 

 apice et lateribus, abdominis apice pedibus(i[ue rufo-fulvis, tarsis 

 nigris ; supra rufo-fulva, antennis (articulo basali excepto) h«te 

 cteruleis, scutello obscure feneo, elytris coeruleo-viridilms, tenuiter 

 punctatis, })unctis ad suturam et ad niarginem exteriorem 

 striatim dispositis ; thorace transverso, iitrinoue intra marginem 

 foveolato, disco lievi. Long. 3|-4 lin. 



Hab. Kockhampton, Australia. 



Head smooth, clypeus separated from the face by a semi- 

 circular groove, from the upper edge of which run three grooved 

 lines, the middle one short and perpendiculai', the lateral ones 

 ol)li([ue and extending upwards and outwanls towards the upper 

 angle of the eye ; antenna^ rather more than half the length of 

 the body, the basal joint, and occasionally the basal half of the 

 second, rufo-fulvous, the rest dark metallic blue. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, sides parallel, converging in front, anterior 

 angles acute, scarcely produced ; disk slightly convex, smooth, 

 impunctate, or only impressed in some specimens with a few line 

 punctures'; sides thickened, separated from the disk by a row of 

 deep, strongly piinctured foveje. Elytra slightly broader than 

 thorax, elongate-ovate, narrowly rounded at the apex ; convex, 

 finely but distinctly pnnctiired, punctures arranged in longitudi- 

 nal rows on the inner disk and near the outer margin, irregularly 

 placed on the remainder of their surface. Abdomen shining 

 violaceous, last two seguK^nts violaceous. 



