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punctures towards the sides and more or less confluent, 

 and with the eyes much closer together than in the female ; 

 on the head of the latter there is a rather wide lightly 

 punctate longitudinal shining space. 



SCHIZOSTERNUS ALBOGULARIS, Chp. 



Faracephala 'pedoralis, Baly. 



(Plate XXIII, figs. 62, 63.) 



Specimens from Ipswich (Queensland) before me agree 

 very well with Chapuis' description of alhogularis (described 

 in June 1876), they also agree with Baly's description of 

 Paraccphala ])cctoralis (described in August 1877). The 

 interrupted median fascia is of variable width, appearing 

 sometimes as a rather small spot on each side, and in 

 others extending almost to the suture. 



Chloroplisma viridis, Saund. 



Loxopleurus mctallimis, Chp, 

 var. Loxopleurus corruscus, Chp. 

 „ „ chalybmus, Chp. 



This species is variable to a great extent, but has many 

 quite constant varieties; I have it from Forest Reefs, 

 Armidale, Sydney, and Jenolan, in N. S. Wales, and from 

 many localities in Tasmania. 



In the males there is usually a shining irapunctate 

 longitudinal space towards the base of the pro thorax, this 

 space being more pronounced in some than in others ; in 

 the female, although sometimes fairly distinct, it is fre- 

 quently not traceable. In many specimens (independently 

 of sex) there is near the sides of the elytra a moderately 

 distinct epipleural fold, but in many others it is scarcely or 

 not at all traceable. The colour of the tibiae and tarsi 

 (especially of the front legs) is very subject to variation. 



The common form of the male is of a bright metallic 

 green, and was described and figured by Saunders as 

 Chloro2)lisma viridis; the common form of the female is 

 coppery, and was described by Chapuis as Loxopleurus 

 metallicus. Very often the green male has the prothorax 

 with a more or less coppery gloss, this gloss often being 

 extended to the shoulders. 



A very beautiful variety in which the prothorax is of 

 fiery copper and the elytra rather deeply margined with 



