294 Mr. W. W. Saunders on two new 
rounded. Scutellum moderate, subquadrate, narrowed and ele- 
vated posteriorly. Llytra somewhat broader than the thorax, 
elongate, being in length once and a half the breadth, slightly 
rounded at the apex and well covering the abdomen. Legs some- 
what long and slender. Tarsi 4-jointed, third joint broad and 
deeply bifid. 
This subgenus approaches to IJdiocephala, W. W.S., differing 
chiefly in the relative proportions of the second, third and fourth 
joints of the ahtenne, and in the more elongate and less cylindrical 
shape of the insect. 
Chloroplisma viridis, Hope MSS. (PI. XV. fig. 6.) 
Entirely of a rich bright metallic shining green, excepting the 
underside of the first joint, the whole of the second, third and 
fourth; and the underside of the fifth joints of the antennz, where 
the colour is rufous, and the apices of the tibiz and the tarsi, 
which are dark piceous. ‘The whole of the upper surface, except 
the scutellum, is deeply and widely punctured, conjoined with 
slightly elevated rugosities, giving it a rough and uneven appear- 
ance. Scutellum smooth and very polished. Abdomen covered 
with adpressed whitish hairs. 
Length 513, of an inch. 
From New South Wales. 
This insect I have only met with in the rich collection of the 
Rev. F. W. Hope. 
Lacunasotura, W. W.S. Aayyn, Bobgoe. 
Head vertical, immersed in the thorax up to the eyes, with the 
parts of the mouth little prominent. yes elliptical, with a sinus 
on the anterior margin. Antenne (Pl. XV. fig. 5a) about half 
the length of the body, nearly filiform, placed wide apart near the 
sinus of the eyes, 11-jointed; first joint robust, pyriform, second 
orbicular, third to seventh nearly of equal length, fifth the longest, 
all more slender and longer than the four terminal joints; apical 
joint ovate pointed. Thorax trapeziform, nearly twice as broad 
as long, very convex above, somewhat produced on the hinder 
margin, and the upper surface covered with small irregular hollows 
or pits, clothed with downy pubescence. Scwtellum large, subqua- 
date, somewhat narrowed and much elevated behind (Pl. XV. 
fie. 5b). Hlytra rather broader than thorax, somewhat longer 
than broad, rounded at the apex. Abdomen (fig. 5d) large, the 
