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base, the fore and intermediate straight, the hind a little 

 arched only, not sinuous, nor channelled down their inner 

 side; and the hind thighs are simple. 



Hah. — New South Wales, and Brisbane. 



It is possible that this species may, ultimately, have 

 to be united to the preceding ; but the diflFerently formed 

 prothorax, alike in both sexes, at present compels me to 

 hold them distinct. 



3. ChromomcBa pallida, n. sp. 



<S . Length 3^ lines: — finely pubescent; slightly 

 shining ; elytra pale greenish-yellow, with the sutural 

 region, sides and epipleui'ae, rufescent ; head, save the 

 epistoma which is dark red, and labrum, deep black ; 

 prothorax, including the flanks, bright reddish-castane- 

 ous, with an obscure irregular fuscous patch on the disc ; 

 head somewhat coarsely and rugoseiy punctured ; pro- 

 thorax longer than wide; sides sub-parallel, a little 

 narrowed anteriorly ; hind angles very slightly rounded ; 

 very finely and closely punctured ; scutellum rufescent, 

 large, strongly transverse, very broadly rounded behind ; 

 elytra scarcely half as wide again as the prothorax at the 

 base, strongly rounded at the shoulders, punctate-striate, 

 the punctures somewhat approximate ; the stride more 

 apparent on the sides and at the apex than in the two 

 preceding species : intervals sub-convex on the disc, 

 finely and rather closely punctured ; underside glossy ; 

 sterna black, minutely and rugoseiy punctate ; parapleurae 

 dull red; abdomen, save the two basal joints which are 

 more or less pitchy, bright red ; very minutely punctu- 

 late ; palpi, mandibles (except the tips, which are black) , 

 and antennae, pale red, the terminal joints of the latter 

 being more or less dusky black; legs pale yellow, with 

 a patch near the apex of the thighs, the base and apex 

 of the tibiae, and the tarsi, dusky black. 



The ? is larger, 4 lines, of a duller colour above ; 

 parapleuraB of a bright red, and the abdomen entirely 

 red. 



Hal. — New South Wales. 



At once to be distinguished from the preceding by its 

 black head, contrasted with its red prothorax, differently 

 coloured elytra, and bright red abdomen. 



