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which, however, it may be distinguished by its more oval 
shape and by its very beautiful colour. 
DITROPIDUS VENUSTUS, N.Sp. 
Very briefly ovate. Head and prothorax coppery, elytra 
bronzy-purple, pygidium coppery bronze; under-surface 
black, antenne and palpi obscure testaceous, four anterior 
legs obscure piceous-red. 
Head densely punctate; median line widely and rather 
faintly impressed; eyes rather larger than usual.  Pro- 
thorax with dense clearly-cut punctures, sides strigose ; basal 
lobe indistinctly notched. Elytra seriate-punctate, punc- 
tures very distinct, Sic ee interstices smooth and 
impunctate. Length 2 
Hab.—Brisbane (Mr. ah op Coates). 
Possibly close to cupreus trabeatus or angustifrons, but 
in both specimens under examination the elytra are of a 
beautiful bronzy-purple, very different to the coppery tone 
of the prothorax. 
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DiTRoPtbus LATERALIS, n.sp. 
Briefly ovate ; bluish; the head and the sides of prothorax 
and elytra with coppery reflections; under-surface black ; 
mouth-parts, antenne, tarsi, and extreme apex of tibie tes 
taceous. nen 
Head rather densely punctate; median line distinct. 
Prothorax with dense and distinct but not very clearly-cut 
punctures; basal lobe notched. Elytra faintly seriate- 
punctate, sides bistriate; interstices very faintly rugulose. 
Length 33mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Garden Island. 
DiTROPIDUS BRACHYSOMUS, D.s8p. 
Very briefly oblong-ovate ; black, the upper-surface with a 
slight bronzy or coppery gloss; basal joints of antenne 
obscure testaceous. 
Head with rather small punctures; median line faintly 
impressed. Prothorax (except at sides) not very distinctly 
punctate, sides tristrate; interstices faintly but distinctly 
rugulose. Length 2mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Geraldton. 
