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Chalcotcenia Ajax, n. sp. PL VI. fig. 8. 



ViridiSj capite inter oculos impresso, rugoso. Thorace 

 rugoso, margine anteriore in medio et in angulis producta, 

 lateribus ante medium angulatis deinde subrectis ad 

 anguloSj base recta. Elytris striatis, interstitiis subru- 

 gosis, lateribus sub humeros sinuatis, postice denticulatis, 

 utrinque duabus foveis rotundatis, lineaque irapressa 

 prope apicem pubescente subfiavo repletis. Subtus 

 rugosa, flavo-varia. 



Green, raised portions subcyaneous. Elytra with two 

 round spots on each, and an elongate impression near the 

 apex, filled with yellowish pubescence. Beneath, between 

 the rugosities, yellow, pubescent. Antennte dark brown. 



Head rugose, impressed between the eyes. Thorax 

 with the anterior margin roundly produced in the middle, 

 and at the angles ; sides angulate above the middle, then 

 almost straight to the base, which is straight; surface 

 punctured, covered with irregular rugosities, near each 

 posterior angle is a somewhat indefinite fovea. Elytra 

 deeply striated, striae somewhat irregular and rugose at 

 the sides; on each elytron there are two round foveas, 

 one above, the other below the middle, and an impressed 

 line subparallel to the margin near the apex ; sides 

 sinuate below the shoulders, posteriorly denticulate, den- 

 ticulations very fine at the apex. Beneath and legs 

 punctured, rugose, especially at the sides. 



Length 21 lin. ; breadth 6 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



Should precede quadrisignata. 



Chalcotcenia quadrisignata, n. sp. PI. VI. fig. 4. 



Capite thoraceque viridibus, flavo-variis, hoc rugoso, 

 linea dorsali elevata ; elytris viridi - cyaneis, rugosis, 

 utrinque foveis duabus maculaque elongata laterali, flavo 

 pubescentibus. Subtus rugosa, flavo-varia. 



Head and thorax bright green, the rugosities cyaneous, 

 the depressed portions pubescent and yellow. Elytra 

 dull cyaneous, punctures green, two round fovei» on each, 

 and an elongate impression on each posterior margin, 

 filled with yellow pubescence. Beneath and legs varie- 

 gated with yellow pubescence. Antennse, first joint 

 bright green, the rest dull brown. 



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