122 Mr, Arthur M. Lea's Revision of the 



green, or with a large pallid median space, or dark only at base and 

 apex ; abdomen and sides of meso- and metasternum flavous ; scu- 

 tellum and appendages black ; 9th and 10th joints of antennae 

 whitish. Clothed with short, dense pubescence, more noticeable on 

 elytra and legs than elsewhere. 



Head very finely punctate ; with several shallow depressions 

 between eyes. Antennae rather long and thin, 3rd joint much 

 shorter than 4th. Prothorax about as long as the width across its 

 apex, apex distinctly wider than base, all the angles rather strongly 

 rounded off, base bilobed. Elytra long and thin, usually passing 

 abdomen, base much wider than prothorax ; very densely and 

 moderately coarsely punctate, punctures smaller at base and extreme 

 apex than elsewhere ; each with a feeble raised line. Legs long and 

 thin. 



Length 12-15 mm. 



Kab. Queensland : Brisbane {U. J. Turner and B. 

 lllidgc) ; N. S. Wales (National Museum), Clarence River 

 (Macleay Museum and A. M. Lea). 



I do not know which to regard as the typical form and 

 which as the varieties of this species; of the twelve 

 specimens before me four have the elytra entirely dark 

 green, six have a rather short basal, and a somewhat larger 

 apical space dark green, the intervening space (covering 

 more than half of the surface) being pale flavous ; whilst 

 the other two have the basal and apical markings con- 

 nected along the sides. The green parts occasionally 

 become purplish where they approach the flavous parts. 

 The 10th joint of the antennae is usually infuscate at 

 apex, the 2nd-8th are each frequently pallid at the 

 extreme base. The two apical segments of the ab- 

 domen are usually feebly maculate. 



Compared with the types of viridipennis to which 

 it is very close (I am by no means certain but that the 

 various forms described should not be at all regarded 

 as varieties of that species), it differs in being larger, 

 stouter, the head with much finer punctures, and the 

 9th and 10th joints of antennae of different colour, 



Telephorus nigroterminalis, n. sp. 



$ $ . Of a rather dingy flavous ; head (portion of the space be- 

 tween the antennae dull reddish), scutellum, apical 5th of elytra, 

 antennae (four basal joints partly pallid), parts of palpi, legs (except 

 knees, parts of coxae and of front tibiae), meso- and metastemum 



