■)ww Sjyccics of Cdoniidm. 135 



Entirely of a shining green ; base of head, elytra, palpi, 

 and autenniu with a coppery tinge. 



Head thickly and coarsely punctured, the punctures 

 finer and sparser at the base, clypeus slightly emarginate. 



Thorax very finely and remotely punctured. 



Scutdlum short, triangular, depressed in the centre, with 

 a few punctures at the base. 



Elytra depressed near the scutellum; each wdth four 

 furrows which are punctured and thickly lined witli short 

 ashy pubescence ; the first sutural, entire, narrow, and 

 shallow at the base ; the second curved, abbreviated at the 

 base and apex ; the third straight, likewise abbreviated at 

 the base and apex ; the fourth marginal, extending from 

 just below the shoulder to the apex, where it unites wdth 

 the first. 



Pygidiicm transversely rugose, pubescent. 



Beneath sparsely punctured, and thickly clothed with 

 cinereous pubescence. 



Legs punctured and pubescent; posterior tibiie M^th a 

 fringe of hairs on the inner edge. 



N. W. Australia (Mcol Bay). Coll. Janson, B.M. 



Most nearly allied to S. Phillipsii, Schr., which it some- 

 what resembles in form and sculpture. 



Diaphonia Parryi, n. sp. 



Nigra, subnitida, punctata, elytris ochraceis, sutura, ma- 

 cula magna pone scutellum, calloque humerali, nigro- 

 piceis ; subtus fulvescenti-villosa. Long. 12-15 lin., lat. 

 7-8 lin. 



lilack, slightly shining ; elytra pale ochreous, wdth the 

 suture black ; a large common ill-defined patch behind the 

 scutellum, and a small one on each shoulder pitchy black. 



Head coarsely and thickly punctured ; clypeus deeply 

 enuirginate in front, rounded at the sides, with the punc- 

 tures confluent. 



