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7. CiSSEIS SUTUKALIS, (PL IV. fig. 26) . 



Dijjhucrania suturalis, (Hope^ Bupr. p. 12). 



" Capite seneo, inter oculos profunde impresso, antice 

 macula alba_, postice binis aliis notato ; thorace in 

 medio geneo, marginibus cretaceis ; elytris nigro- 

 violaceisj sutura aurata fasciaque alba ante apicem 

 ornatis. Corpore infra seneo^ annulis abdominis cy- 

 aneis, lateribus albo-maculatis, antennis pedibusque 

 aeneis.'^ (Hope) . 

 Head and thorax aeneous, with cyaneous reflections, 

 the sides of the thorax covered with white pubescence, 

 leaving two small round denuded spots on the anterior 

 margin. Elytra cyaneous, the suture aeneous, ornamented 

 with white pubescence forming irregular transverse lines 

 on their upper half, and a broad transverse band just above 

 the apex. Underside cyaneous, the three apical seg- 

 ments with a small white pubescent spot on each side. 



Head punctured, channelled in front, with a small 

 round fovea near each eye just above the antennary cavity ; 

 a slight pubescent spot above the mouth and two on the 

 vertex. Thorax twice as broad as long ; anterior margin 

 produced, its angles quite enclosing the eyes, not quite 

 three-quarters the length of the base ; sides much 

 rounded ; base slightly bisinuate ; disk punctured, the 

 punctures arranged in curves, sides pubescent. Elytra 

 two-thirds as long again as wide, finely rugose and punc- 

 tured ; ornamented with a white pubescence ; sides swel- 

 ling out beyond the middle ; apices rounded, posterior 

 margins finely denticulate. Underside and legs punc- 

 tured, covered with short adpressed hairs ; the abdomen 

 with two pubescent spots on each of its three apical 

 segments. 



Length 4^ lines ; breadth If lines. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



8. CiSSEIS ACUDUCTA, (PI. IV. fig. 27). 



Diphucrania lata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 11). 



Biphucrania cenea, (Hope, Bupr. p. 12) . 



Trachys acuducta, Kirby, Fauna Boreali- Americana, Ins. 



p. 162 (1837). 



Cisseis marmorata, L. & G. ii. Ciss. 4, pi. i. fig. 5. 



^'-^nea, capite inter oculos subimpresso, thorace postice 

 lobato, elytris crebrissime punctulatis integerrimis 

 sericeis, foveolisque binis ad apicem parum distinctis. 

 Corpore infra aeneo alboque irrorato." (Hope) . 



