CHRYSOMELID&. 427 
DitTRoprIDUS STRIGICEPS, ni.sp. 
Oblong-ovate; coppery; under-surface black; mouth- 
parts, antenne (apex infuscate), and legs red. 
Head transversely and obliquely strigose, and with a few 
punctures; median line moderately well impressed. Pro- 
thorax faintly punctate, punctures at the sides moderately 
distinct ; basal lobe obtuse. Alytra faintly seriate-punctate 
towards suture, near sides much more strongly; sides tri- 
striate; interstices impunctate, from some directions ap- 
parently faintly rugulose. Length 23mm. 
Hab.—N.8.W.: Galston (Mr. W. Dumbrell), Sydney, 
Glen Innes (Lea). 
Differs from the preceding (which it strongly resembles) 
in the punctures of the head and prothorax. From the 
description of ochropus, it differs in having the posterior 
femora (not piceous but) red. 
. DITROPIDUS SCITULUS, n.Sp. 
Briefly ovate; coppery bronze, under-surface black; an- 
tenne, palpi, and legs pale red. 
Head sparsely punctate; median line invisible. Pro- 
thorax rather densely and (except at the sides, where the 
strige are longer) briefly strigose, and with small punctures 
scattered about ; basal lobe acutely notched. Elytra seriate- 
punctate, punctures rather indistinct; sides tristriate; in- 
terstices densely and very finely wrinkled. Length 2mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Swan River, Geraldton. 
Appears to be moderately close to cupreus, but the pro- 
thorax is differently sculptured, the legs are of a rather 
pale red, and the size is less than 25mm. 
DITROPIDUS MICANS, n.sp. 
Ovate; metallic green; head and sides with fiery copper 
reflections ; disc of both prothorax and elytra with bluish, 
purplish, and coppery reflections ; under-surface black, with 
a slight coppery gloss; antenne, palpi, and legs pale red. 
Head moderately punctate; median line faintly but dis- 
tinctly impressed. Prothorax and elytra sculptured as in 
the preceding species. Length 24mm. 
- Hab.—W.A.: Geraldton. 
The prothorax is punctate and strigose, and the elytra 
punctate and striate, as in the preceding species, from 
