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The (liU-k-blue jjostciioi-ly diluted elytra, and the almost perfectly 

 smooth glof^sy tliorax, taken tugetlier, (li^tinguish it from every otlier 

 species. 



Length, ih mill. ; breadtli, nearly '2h mm. 



Mount Hutt. Found by Mr. T. Hall oii tlie 27tli February, 1912. 

 Unique. 



3673. Luperus iridescens sp. uov. 



Elongate, subdepressed, glabrous, nitid; aeneous, tlii' liead and 

 tiiorax distinctly, elytra slightly rul'escent, legs and antennae pale brown. 



Head nearly as broad as thorax, smooth behind, with moderately small 

 tulieicles. Eyes large and pi-ominent. Thorax a third broader than 

 long, its sides distinctly margined, almijst straiglit I)ehind the middle, 

 a little narrowed towards the incrassate laterally prominent anterior 

 angles, the' base slightly rounded near the sides so that its angles are 

 only obtusely rectangular; disc finely and distantly punctate, the 

 inter^'-als very minutely sculptured. Scutellum small. Elytra nearly 

 four times the length of the thorax, ratlier broader than it is at the 

 base, sliglitly wider neai- the hind thighs, with rounded apices; they 

 ave closely and distinctly but not at all coarsely punctured throughout, 

 with only slight impressions near the shoulders, but the suture near the 

 base is mure evidently depressed. Pygidiuni deflexed, strongly curved, 

 minutely sculptured, and bearing a few grey setae. 



Legs moderately elongate and slendei-; tibiae nearly straight, with 

 distinct grey setae, the posterior minutely serrate externally; basal two 

 joints of the tarsi rather narrow, 3rd short and moderately expanded; 

 claws appendiculate. 



Antennae filiform, not reaching the jiosterior femora, 2nd joint 

 almost as long as tlie 3rd, 4-11 about etjually elongate. 



Smaller than L. lewisi, 3017, evidently iridescent, the thorax less 

 strongly transverse, the elytra viiddescent, the scutellum smaller. The 

 unusually thick and laterally prominent anterior angles of the thorax 

 isolate these two species. Sharp's L. aeiiescens, 2316, which 1 have not 

 seen, is described as having the thorax twice as broad as long, witli only 

 sliglitly thickened front angles, and a long narrow pygidium ; it must, 

 therefore, differ considerably from L. iridescens. 



Length, 4mm.; breadth, l§nim. 



Mount Hutt. Another fif Mr. T. Hall's discoveries on the 27th 

 Feliruai-y, 1912. A solitary individual. 



3674. Luperus aurellus sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex, shining; of a golden coppei'v hue, the 

 forehead viridescent ; legs and basal joints of antennae pale brown, 

 i-emaining articulations and the last joint of the tarsi darker. 



Head nearly as broad as the front of the thorax, with some slender 

 grey setae on the forehead, without definite punctation, the tubercles 

 well developed. Eyes large and prominent. Thorax a third broader 

 than long, the sides distinctly margined, very little wider before the 

 middh' than elsewhere, anterior angles slightly incrassate and sub- 

 rectangular, the base marginate and a little i-otmded near the sides so 

 that its angles are not quite straight ; disc very minutely and densely 

 sculptured, its punctation fine, distant, and in-egular, rather more dis- 

 tinct, ret not at all coarse, near the l)ase. Scutellum subtriangular. 

 Elytra rather broadei- than thorax at the base, four times its length, with 



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