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with a brassy-green reflexion ; vertex, the base and apex of the 

 thorax, the suture, outer margin and a large cruciform patch on 

 each elytron, shining purple ; all the purple markings are narrowly 

 bordered with metallic green, and also Jiave a green reflexion in 

 certain lights. Head shining, clypeus distinctly punctured ; an- 

 tennae black, their basal joints fulvous. Thorax more than twice 

 broader than long ; sides rounded, narrowed from their base to 

 the apex; above convex, smooth and shining, minutely punctured, 

 sides and apex impressed here and there with deep punctures. 

 Scutellum smooth, purplish-copper. Elytra scarcely broader than 

 the thorax, above convex, sides transversely impressed below the 

 shoulder ; each elytron with eleven rows of punctures, the first 

 abbreviated, interstices minutely punctured ; golden-copper, the 

 suture, the outer margin and a large cruciform patch placed on 

 the disc of each elytron, and extending from the base nearly to 

 the apex, bright purple. Beneath dark metallic-green, with a 

 coppery reflexion ; tibiae and tarsi purple. 

 Hab. Moreton Bay. 



Augomela dives. 



Late ovata, convexa, auro-eenea, nitidissima, linea verticali, 

 thoracis limbo angusto, basi dilatato, elytrorumque sutura, 

 margine laterali, linea transversa ante medium utrimque 

 abbreviata vittdque postica disco exteriori posita, nitido- 

 cseruleis, subtus nitido-purpurea, abdomine pedibusque auro- 

 maculatis. 



Long, 3 lin. 



Broadly ovate, convex, bright golden-green ; a longitudinal line 

 on the vertex, the narrow limb of the thorax, dilated at the basal 

 margin, the extreme outer border of the elytra, the suture, a 

 transverse line in front and a short vitta behind, near the outer 

 margin, bright metallic-blue; these markings, like those in the last 

 species, are all more or less bordered with metallic-green. Head 

 smooth, face separated from the clypeus by a deep transverse 

 groove, front with a longitudinal grooved line, which runs down- 

 wards to the middle of the transverse groove ; antennae bluish- 

 black, basal joint, also the under surface of the two or three 

 following joints, fulvous. Thorax more than twice broader than 

 long; sides rounded, narrowed in front, nearly straight behind; 

 surface very faintly and minutely punctured; remotely scattered 

 here and there are some deep but fine punctures. Scutellum 



