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black. Elytra not quite twice as long as broad, deeply and coarsely 

 punctnred in regulär Striae, red hrown, witli tlie apices black; each 

 elytron liaving a large lateral lobe pi'ojecting dowmvards a little 

 behind tlie Shoulders. Underside of body black and pubescent. 

 Legs red brown, witli tbe apices of the femora and tibiae and the 

 tarsi black. 



Length 2 5/^^^^ i,ich [=2%'"]. In tbe cabinet of tbe Rev. F. 

 W. Hope. Habitat New Soulh Wales."' 



Sound. 1. c. 150 n. 2. tab. 9. fig. 4. 



XVII. Aporocera cbalybea Saund. „Head dark chesnut 

 brovvn, witb tbe region about the moiith ochraceous, and the eyes 

 black. Antennae black. Thorax pitchy black, niargined with ochrace- 

 ous, shining and deeply punctnred, £xcept along the vertex and near 

 the Shoulders, which portions are extremely smootb. Scutellum 

 quadrate, shining black, much raised behind. Elytra of a shining 

 cbalybeate blue, deeply and irregularly punctured. Underside of 

 body and legs pale ochraceous yellovv; the latter ochraceous, with 

 the apices of tbe tibiae and tarsi black. 



Length ^^loo J"cJi [=3y2"']- From Port Essinglon. In the 

 collection of the Rev. F. \V. Hope." i 

 Saund. I. c. 150. n 3. 



XVIII. Aporocera catoxantha Saund. „Head pale ochra- 

 ceous, with the' eyes black. Antennae black, with the basal Joint 

 broAvn, as long as the body, somewhat slender. Thorax ochraceous, 

 shining, punctured, except near the Shoulders. Scutellum subquadrate, 

 pitchy brown, elevated behind. Elytra ochraceous. deeply and irre- 

 gularly punctured, with broad lateral margins of dark metallic green, 

 and the space round the scutellum of the same colour. Under- 

 side of body pale ochraceous, with the apices of the tibiae and 

 tarsi black. 



Length '-^yioo i»ch [=r2%"']. From Port Essinglon. In tbe 

 Cabinet of tlie Rev. F. W. Hope. 



This species, in tlie length and slenderness of the antennae, 

 differs somewhat from the species on wbicli the grouj) was founded, 

 but still there can be not doubt of the propriety of its being pla- 

 ced in the subgenus Aporocera. 



Saund. 1. c. 150. n. 4. 



Ob die 4 vorstehend aufgeführlen, nach den Beschreibungen nahe verwandten 

 und von Hrn. Saundcrs zu einer besondern Untergattung Aporocera ver- 



