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claw-shaped; in a second spécimen they are fairly wide, and 

 between eacli ot' Uieni and tiie apex liiere is an obscurely llavous 

 spot. This spécimen aiso lias the shoulders infuscated, a small 

 blaciv spot between tbe eyes, the terminal joint ofantennas iniuscate 

 and the whole undersurface of hind til^ite pale. 



Lemidia quadricolor n. sp, (fig. 44). 



Flavous ; under surface (abdomen with the entire apical segment 

 and tips of the others flavous) and scutellum black: tarsi, middle of 

 femora (more or less), apical half of four front tibice and tip of hind 

 tibiœ, and apical half of antenna? infuscate; elytra deep metallic 

 green, but basai fifth paler than prothorax, and apex (but not 

 extrême apex), and a subapical fascia while. With sparse straggling 

 hairs; elytra in addition with shorter hairs or long pubescence. 



Head not very wide ; with small scattered punctures ; inter-ocular 

 foveœ scarcely traceable, but a feebly elevated line marking the 

 space between them. ProtJiorax slightly longer than wide, surface 

 slightly uneven but almost impunclate. Elutra parallel-sided to 

 near apex ; with dense and somewhat rugose but clearly defined 

 punctures of moderate size, becomin.L^ sparse on pale basai portion, 

 and sparse and very minute beyond the subapical whitish fascia. — 

 Length 6 mill. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales (type in Macleay Muséum). 



In some respects close to the preceding species, but prothorax 

 not striped and subapical fascia of elytra in a différent position. 



Lemidia sexmaculata n. sp. (fig. 51). 



Flavous yellow or reddiiih; scutellum infuscate; elytra with six 

 large disconnected spots, front of mesosternum and itsjunction 

 with metasternum at sides, black or blackish. With sparse 

 straggling hairs, elytra in addition with sparse pubescence. 



Head wide, with sparse and small punctures; inter-ocular foveae 

 fairly; distinct but somewhat rugose. rro//(o>7«.x slightly transverse, 

 sides rather strongly inflated in middle, with a few fairly large 

 punctures towards sides. Elytra comparatively short and wide, 

 slightly dilated to beyond the middle, with sparse and minute 

 punctures. — Length 5 1/2 mill. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales : Jenolan (L C. Wiburd). 



On each elytron there is a large subhumeral spot slightly nearer 

 the sido than suture, a large médian irregular li'ansverse spot 

 almost (or quite) touching the side, but distinctly separated from 



