426 Mr. A. M. Leas Notes on 



Elytra at base very little wider than prothorax, each widely rounded 

 at apex. Abdomen with the fourth segment not traceable across 

 nuddle, the fifth semicircular in front. 



Length 2J mm. 



9 • Differs in being larger, with the antenna? somewhat shorter 

 than the body and the basal joint of all the tarsi narrower. The 

 apical fovea is very large, occupying more than one-third the width 

 of the segment and is without lateral extensions ; the abdomen 

 (except the middle of the two basal segments) and the pygidium are 

 flavoiis, and the middle legs entirely black ; the elytra are more 

 dilated towards the apex than in the male. 



Length 2|-3 mm. 



Hob. W. Australia : Geraldton {A. M. Lea). 



In some females the elytra are more bluish (occasionally 

 with a slight purplish gloss) than green. The prothorax 

 black in both sexes easily distinguishes this species from 

 analis, Chp. (the only previously described species) ; the 

 punctures of the upper-surface are also different and the 

 antenna3 are thinner in both sexes. 



SCHIZOSTERNUS DELICATULUS, n. sp. 



(Plate XXV, fig. 176.) 



? . Of a clear pale red ; antennte (second joint sometimes ex- 

 cepted), tarsi, tips of tibiae and of mandibles and extreme base of 

 scutellum and elytra black or blackish. 



Head moderately densely and rather coarsely punctate, punc- 

 tures sparser along middle than elsewhere ; vertex with a median 

 impression. Antenna? extending to hind coxae, second joint more 

 than half the length of third. Prothorax not twice as wide as long, 

 sides near apex suddenly and deeply constricted so that the anterior 

 angles project outwards; with sparse and moderately large punctures 

 irregularly distributed ; oblique impressions very feeble. Scutellum 

 quadrate ; impunctate ; gently convex, base deeply notched. Elytra 

 with rather small subhumeral lobes ; moderately strongly punctate, 

 the punctures in regular series almost from the base, becoming 

 smaller posteriorly. Apex oi prodernnyn semicircularly excised, the 

 projecting points rather blunt. Fourth segment of abdomen just 

 perceptible across middle, apical fovea large and deep, without lateral 

 extensions. 



Length 4^ mm. 



^ . Unknown. 



ffab. Queensland : Gayndah, Rockhampton (Macleay 

 Museum). 



