Lea — On Australian Coliioi'Teka 277 



Head sliagreened and without distinct punctures, ''xcept on clypeus. 

 Antennae rather long and thin. Prothoi-ax shagreened and witli very minute 

 pu)ictures. Elytra with crowded punctures, but fairly large only on basal half. 

 Abdomen glabrous along middle, apical segment shallowly depressed towards each 

 side, and with a rather large, round fovea, in middle. Front femora stout and 

 acutely dentate. Length, 6-25 mm. 



H(tb. New South Wales: Mittagong (Dr. E. W. Ferguson). Type (unique), 

 I. 11989. 



Parts of the under-surface have a greenish or coppery gloss. On the pro- 

 thorax the pubescence is rather longer and denser on the margins than the disc ; 

 on the elytra there are quite distinct lines of pale pubescence, although not 

 sharply defined, about nine on each elytron ; the longer hairs are very conspicuous 

 on the elj'tra from the sides, and are distinct, although much shorter, on the 

 l)rothorax. The type is probably a male, and, in my table, would be associated 

 with E. aenea, but is larger, darker, legs entirely black, elytra with denser cloth- 

 ing, the long hairs longer and more numerous, and scutellum not green. 



EDUSA PUNCTIPENNIS sp. nov. 



S Coppery -bronze ; labrum, antennae (except tips of some joints), legs 

 (knees infuscated) and basal joints of palpi more or less reddish. Kather densely 

 clothed with ashen or Avhite pubescence, the elytra, in addition, with long, sub- 

 erect, darker hairs. 



Head and prothorax shagreened and with small punctures. Elytra with 

 dense and rather large punctures, becoming smaller posteriorly and nowhere 

 confluent. Abdomen with a small fovea on fifth segment. Legs stout; front 

 femora slightly dentate; hind tibiae simple. Length, 5-5-25 mm. 



9 Differs in having abdomen more convex, nonfoveate, and antennae and 

 legs somewhat shorter. 



Hah. Victoria: Aspendale (Dr. E. W. Ferguson). Type, I. 11972. 



The front femora are feebly dentate, but from below the tooth is sufficiently 

 distinct. Regarding the species as belonging to D, of my table, it would be 

 associated with E. tridens, to which it is certainly close, and from which it differs 

 in being slightly smaller, the male nowhere green, rather more brassy than 

 bronzy, similar in colour to its own female, and the elytra with coarser punctures 

 and longer clothing. Regarding it as belonging to D D, it might be associated 

 with E. fraterna, with Avhich it agrees well in colour, except that the femora are 

 ])aler, and that the elytral clothing is darker, the elytral punctures are also 

 distinctly coarser, and those of the prothorax much finer, although fairly distinct 

 before abrasion. In colour it is close to some specimens of E. aenea, but the 



