Australian B^cprestidce . 5 



''Affinis A. lyistacinoe, at major. Antennse nigrae, capite 

 antice luteo-viridi, postice nigro triangulo signato ; 

 tliorace tricolori punctate^ lateribus pistacinis, vittis 

 tribus flavis, binisque aliis nigris ; elytris acuminatis, 

 rubro-brunneis, maculisque variis flavis notatis. Cor- 

 pore subtus pistacino^ annulis abdominis utrinque 

 flavo-m.aculatis et medio flavis et rubro-brunneis ma- 

 culis inquinatis." (Hope) . 

 Head greenish-yellow in front, black on the vertex. 

 Thorax of the same colour as the front of the head, dor- 

 sal line yellow, with a black vitta on each side ; there are 

 also two yellow lines between these and the greenish 

 sides. Elytra red-brown, each with five yellow spots, 

 one of an oblong form starting from the base and extend- 

 ing not quite to the centre, between this and the apex 

 are three others, the two upper irregular in shape, the 

 apical one elongate ; the lateral margin yellow from the 

 shoulder to just above its middle. Underside and legs 

 pistacinous ; each segment of the abdomen with a small 

 yellow spot on each side, and variegated with brown 

 and yellow in the centre. 



Head largely punctured. Thorax half as broad again as 

 long; anterior margin slightly rounded, two-thirds the 

 length of the base ; sides slightly rounded behind the 

 middle; base nearly straight; disk largely punctured. 

 Elytra deeply punctate-striate, twice and a fifth as long- 

 as wide ; sides scarcely sinuate above the middle ; apex 

 with a short spine. Underside and legs shining, finely 

 punctured. Thorax, breast, and the sides of the abdomen, 

 covered with a silky white pubescence. 

 Length 12 lines ; breadth 3^ lines. 

 Hab. Australia. 



Gen. CHRYSODEMA, Laporte and Gory. 



1. Cheysodema gigas, (PL I. fig. 6). 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 208. 



"Viridis; thorace fere quadrato, rugoso-punctato ; ely- 

 tris quadricostatis, margiuibusque externis elevatis, 

 tarsisque infra flavis." (Hope) . 

 Upper-side green ; underside with a slight coppery tint. 

 Head punctured rugosely, excavated between the eyes, 

 the sides of the excavation raised. Thorax two-thirds 

 as wide again as long ; anterior margin produced in the 



