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apicem attenuatis, punctato-striatis, punctis magnis haud profundis, ver- 
rucarum etiam seriebus quatuor ; verrucis depressis, ad marginem penitus 
obsoletis ; corpore subtus, pedibus antennisque nigris vel eneo-nigris. 
Long. corp. 4 lin., lat. 2 lin. 
This species has been received, as well as from Damel’s collection, 
by Mr. Baly and myself from Mr. Stevens, who obtained it from 
Australia. 
Genus AvsTRALIcA, Chevr. 
1. A. pyrrhocephala, n. sp. 
A, lata, sat depressa, parallela, punctata, eeneo- vel cyaneo-nigra; capite 
inter oculos transverse foveolato, punctato, rufo: thorace transverso, 
lateribus parallelis, angulis anticis prominulis; disco punctato, ad latera 
fortius impresso ; scutello subcordiformi: elytris thorace vix latioribus, 
ad apicem rotundatis, punctatis, eneo- vel cyaneo-nigris: corpore sub- 
tus viridi-zneo, nitido; abdominis segm. ultimo pedibusque nigris; 
antennis robustis, ad apicem subincrassatis, fuscis vel nigro-fuscis. 
Long. corp. 3 lin., lat. 2 lin. 
A. pyrrhocephala will be placed next to A. ruficeps, Boisd. Voy. 
d’Astrolabe, p. 578; Baly, Ent. Tr. ii. p. 247. The only examples 
that I know of the species were received from the neighbourhood of 
Sydney by the Marquis La Ferté, in whose collection they were. In 
the cabinets of Mr. Baly and the Rev. H. Clark. 
2. A. paropsoides, n. sp. 
A, ovalis, confertissime et fortiter punctata, rufo-ferruginea ; capite punc- 
tato, labro flavo: thorace longitudinis fere duplalatitudine, lateribus caput 
versus arcuato-angustatis, leviter marginatis, angulis anticis prominulis ; 
disco crebre, ad latera sparsim fortiter punctato; scutello levi: elytris 
amplis, parallelis, ad apicem rotundatis, crebre et fortiter punctatis 
(punctis inter se seepius rugis brevibus transversis connexis), rufo- 
ferrugineis, ad latera et apicem fusco adumbratis: corpore subtus, pedi- 
bus antennisque (his art. 8-11™u™ fuscis) flavis vel rufo-flavis. 
Long. corp. 4} lin., lat. 3 lin. 
A single specimen, apparently from New South Wales, but with- 
out a ticket, in Damel’s collection. 
Genus Cuatcometa, Baly. 
C. pilula, n.sp. (PI. XII. fig. 4 et d.) 
C. ovalis, fere rotundata, punctata, eeneo-nigyra, nitida ; capite irregulariter 
punctato; thorace transverso, rotundato, tenuiter marginato, ad discum 
subtilissime et equaliter, latera versus rarius et fortiter punctato, 
seutello transverso-triangulari; elytris punctato-striatis, punctis di- 
