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8. Melobasis vekna, (PI, I. fig. 19), 



Buprestis verna, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc, iv, 214, 



'' Viridis_, capite cupreo-geneo, tliorace elytrisque aurato- 

 virescentibus et punctatis ; corpore subtus roseo- 

 cupreo et pubescenti, pedibusque concoloribus.'" 

 (Hope) . 

 Green. Underside bronzy, Antennee cyaneous. 

 Head flat in front, punctured, covered with long some- 

 what erect gray hairs. Thorax half as broad again as 

 long; anterior margin produced, three-quarters the 

 length of the base ; sides rounded in front, straight be- 

 hind ; base nearly straight ; disk with a slightly impressed 

 dorsal line, deeply punctured, the punctures very close 

 together on the sides. Elytra twice as long as wide ; 

 sides subparallel for a little more than half their length ; 

 apex rounded ; posterior margin finely denticulate ; disk 

 deeply punctured, the punctures on the sides closer to- 

 gether ; posterior suture elevated, its region depressed. 

 Underside and legs punctured, covered with long ad- 

 pressed white hairs. 



Length 4^ lines ; breadth 1^ lines. 



Hab, Adelaide. 



9. Melobasis Lathami, (PI. I. fig. 20). 



Buprestis Lathami, (Hope, Bupr. p. 8) ; L. & G. i. Buj^. 

 120, pi, xxxi. fig, 166. 



Buprestis serrulata, (Hope, ihid.) . 



" Nigro-aenea, thorace punctato, elytris concoloribus 

 serrulatis, sutura lineis ternis elevatis marginibusque 

 cupreis. Corpore infra nigro-eeneo.^^ (Hope) . 



Bronzy-green, the apex and lateral margins of the 

 elytra slightly coppery. Antennae cyaneous. 



Head flat in front, deeply punctured. Thorax one 

 quarter as broad again as long ; anterior margin nearly 

 straight, three-quarters the length of the base, its angles 

 produced ; sides slightly rounded for two-thirds of their 

 length, then emarginate to the posterior angles, which 

 are rather acute ; base almost straight ; disk punctured, 

 the punctures on the sides deeper and closer together. 

 Elytra twice as long as wide, sides swelling out very 

 slightly to the middle, apex rounded ; posterior margin 

 denticulate ; disk punctured, with three raised lines on 



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