54 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Gen. CHRYSOBOTHRIS, Eschscholtz. 



1. ChRYSOBOTHRIS AUSTRALASIJ!]^ (PL IV. fig. 14). 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 216. 



" Nigro-aenea, thorace pallidiori colore eeneo, elytris nigri- 



cantibus, punctis duabus baseos fortiter impressis et 



altei-is in medio cupreo-auratis ; corpore subtus aeneo, 



lateribus sublanuginosis." (Hope) . 



Head, thorax, and antennae bronzy brown. Elytra 



darker, with two golden coppery spots on each, one just 



above, the other below the middle. Underside bronzy. 



Head deeply and rugosely punctured. Thorax at the 

 base twice as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly 

 rounded, only half the length of the base ; sides widening 

 from the anterior angles, with a slight emargination 

 about the middle ; posterior angles largely cut off and 

 swollen ; base deeply bisinuate ; disk rugose transversely, 

 with a slight indication of an impressed dorsal line. Ely- 

 tra half as long again as broad ; shoulders slightly pro- 

 minent ; sides almost straight till past the middle, whence 

 they converge to the apex, which is rounded ; the pos- 

 terior margin is slightly denticulate ; disk rugosely punc- 

 tured, with four smooth raised lines on each, and two 

 coppery impressions, one situate just above the middle 

 on the second line, the other just below it on the third. 

 Underside and legs deeply punctured ; the sides of the 

 abdomen slightly hairy, the apical segment with a central 

 carina. 



Length 6 lines ; breadth 2^ lines. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



Gen. ETHON, Laporte and Gory. 



(DiPHUCEANiA, j;a?-s, Hope.) 

 1. Ethon Roei, (PI. IV. fig. 16). 



Diphucranict Roei, (Hope, Bupr. p. 12) . 



*' Capite inter oculos fortiter impresso, thorace aureo- 



tomentoso, elytris striato-punctatis purpurascen- 



tibus. Corpore subtus seneo albisque capillis obsito, 



antennis pedibusque seneis." (Hope) . 



Dull golden bronze ; the posterior portion of the elytra 



of a brighter hue. Underside, the anterior margin of 



each abdominal segment with a whitish pubescence. 



