352 Mr. E. Brown 07i Australian 



The identity of Australasioe, of Hope, has still to be 

 ascertained, as, apparently, specimens do not exist under 

 that name in Australia. Count de Castelnau suggests 

 that Australasice, of Hope, is identical with crucigera, of 

 McLeay ; but he remarks that the insect figured by 

 White under the name Anstralasioe, in the Voyage of the 

 ' Beagle,^ is certainly the humeralis of McLeay. Unfor- 

 tunately, Hope's description of Australasice is so imper- 

 fect, that the question cannot be decided from that alone. 

 The specimens under the name of Australasice in the 

 British Museum, are, I believe, from recollection, iden- 

 tical with humeralis. An examination of the original 

 Hopeian specimen, now at Oxford, is requisite to set the 

 matter at rest. The name, however, had better be drop- 

 ped altogether. 



Of the Australian species of Tetraclia, mentioned by 

 Gemminger and Harold, there remain the australis, of 

 Chaudoir, and Waterhousei, of Castelnau, neither of 

 which is margined with yellow; but these are undoubt- 

 edly two names for one and the same species; and as 

 Baron Chaudoir's name has priority of date, it must be 

 used in preference to the other. The second section 

 will stand thus: — 



Section II. Elytra tipped , hut not margined, with 

 yellow. 



Tetracha australis, ChR.ud. zzWaterhotisei, Castel. 



The recorded species are consequently reduced to 

 seven. I have now, however, to mention an eighth, and 

 new species, said to be from Champion Bay, in Western 

 Australia, of which I possess two male specimens. 



The characters are as follow: — 



Section III. Elytra wholly green. 



Tetracha p^dchra, n. sp. 



$ . Length 7-8 lines ; breadth of elytra 3 lines. 



In shape, more cylindrical than any of the other Aus- 

 tralian species with which I am acquainted. 



Elytra brilliant golden-green, the sutures metallic blue ; 

 coarsely punctured at the base, the punctures gradually 



