inirlnii'ddi'i'izcil Plnitiipludjii. 49 



L<(iniir()l iiKi /', tprrss/r.(iIh'-'<, ii. ■'<p. 



Elongata, convexa, nitida, suhtus teneo-violacea aut obscure . 

 nietallico-purpurea ; thoracis apice et lateribus, abdominis apice 

 extremo, pedibuscpie rufo-fulvis, tarsis iiigris, supra rufo-fulva, 

 capite piceo, antennis (basi excepta) nigris; thorace rude punctato, 

 utrinque intra niarginem excavato-foveolato ; elytris nietallico- 

 viridibus aut nietallico-cceruleis, distincte ])unctatis, punctis ad 

 suturam et ad niarginem exteriorem striatini dispositis. Long. 

 4 lin. 



Hab. Champion Bay ; Rockhampton. 



Clypeus transverse semi-ovate, smooth, liiiely punctured, sepa- 

 rated from the face by a semi-circuhir groove, above which is a 

 coarsely punctured depressed space ; antenna half the length of 

 the l)ody, robust, slightly increasing in thickness towards the 

 apex, bluish black, two lower joints rufous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, sides diverging from base toAvards the apex, sud- 

 denly com^erging at the apex itself, anterior angles acute ; above 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured, rufo-fulvous, basal and anter- 

 ior borders narrowly edged with piceous ; lateral margin thick- 

 ened (more especially towards the anterior angle) and separated 

 from the disk by a row of coarse irregular fovete. Scutellum 

 obscure rufous, more or less tinged with reneous. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, parallel, convex, distinctly punctured, the punc- 

 tures arranged in striiB on the inner disk and near the lateral 

 margin, irregularly placed over the rest of the surface. Abdo- 

 men with tl e lateral margin of the penultimate and the entire 

 margin of tlie ultimate segments narrowly edged with rufous. 



tStdhniiiefa frtdPTiiaHn, ii. ap. 



Oblonga, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis (basi apicequt^ 

 excei)tis) nigris, pectore abdominecpie plus niinusve iBueo-tinctis, 

 supra viridi-metallica, thorace fortiter punctato, jninctis iBueo- 

 micantibus, hie illic irregulariter congregatis ; elytris infra 

 hiimeros foveis nonnullis irregulariter impressis, distincte punc- 

 tatis, punctis in striis gemmellatis dispositis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Port P.owfiii, Queensland, {Simsnn). 



Mouth rufo-fulvous ; cly])eus very short, transverse, separated 

 from the face Ijy a deep groove, al)ove which is a closely punc- 

 tured triangular space ; anteiin.'B slender, a])out half the length 

 of the body, four or five joints at the base and tlie a[)i('al half of 

 the terminal one rufo-fulvous, the rest black, 'i'liorax twice as 

 In'oad again as long, sides straight and parallel, rounded and con- 

 verging in front, anterior angles acute ; upj^er surface coarsely 

 punctured, the puiu-tures collected in irregular ])atcbes on tbe 



