166 



antennae, which is rufous, and tlie eyes, which are bronzy brown. 

 Heail, with tlie niandibles considcraldy projecting, shining, miniitely 

 and tälnlly puiictured. Elytra shining, punctalo-slrialo; the punct- 

 ures of Üie Striae, adjoining the external margin, deeper than those 

 on the diso. Underside of abdomen clothed with short withisli ad- 

 pressed hairs. 



Length 1-/^00 i"ch [=1%'"]. In the Collection of Capt. Parry. 

 From Amiralla.^'' 



Saund. 1. c. 269. n. 4. 



XXXVIII. Pleomorpha atra Saund. „Entirely black, ex- 

 cepting the underside of the two lirst joiuts of the antennae, which 

 is rufous, and the joints foiniing the antennae and tarsi, which are 

 pitchy brown. Ilead with the niandibles considerably projecting, 

 minutely punctate. Thorax shining, smooth, minutely and faintly 

 punctured. Elytra shining, punctato-striate. 



Length ^''/loo i"c'i [ = 13/4'"]. In the Collection of the Rev. 

 F. W. rioi)e. From Weslern Australia. 



A nearly alhed species to the foregoing, but diflers in the size 

 and colour. — Some of the species of this genus are taken on 

 the leaves of several si»ecies of Acacia, in South AustraUa." 



Saund, 1. c. 270 n. 5. 



Die vorstehend aufgezahlten 5 Pleomorpha-Aricn gehören zur Gatlung Ditro- 

 pidus, und ich habe mich schon oben dahin ausgesprochen, dass mir die 

 beiden letzten nur Farben- Varietäten des ÜUr. cistcUus Germ, zu sein 

 scheinen. 



XXXIX. C hl or opus ma viridis Saund. „Entirely of a 

 rieh briglit nietallic shining green, excepting the underside of the 

 firsl Joint, the whole of the secoiid, third and fourth, and the un- 

 derside of the fifth joints of the antennae, where the colour is 

 rufous, and the apices of the (ibiae and the tarsi, wliich are dark 

 piceous. The whole of the upper surface, exce])t the scutellum, is 

 deeply and widely punctured, c<uijoined with slightly elevated rugo- 

 sities, giving it a rough and uneven a])pearence. Scutellum smooth 

 and very [)olished. Abdomen covered with adpressed vvithish hairs. 



Length 'Vkio incli [ -- 174'"]. From New Smilh Wales. 

 This insect I have only mel with in the rieh Collection of the Rev. 

 F. W. Hope." 



Saund. 1. c. 29-J. tab. 1.5. lig. (5. 



