of prothorax ; rather finely striate, punctures in striae small, 

 but usually slightly encroaching on interstices ; each of these 

 with a row of minute punctures. Under surface with sparse 

 and minute punctures, side pieces of mesosternum practically 

 impunctate. Pygidium small, but distinct. Femora feebly 

 dentate. Length, 5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Somerset (C. French), Cairns (Mac- 

 leay Museum). 



Of the two specimens before me one has a distinct, whilst 

 the other has a slioht^ purplis'h gloss. It is the only species of 

 the subfamily known to me in which the side pieces of the 

 mesosternum are not impressed with large punctures. 



Ipsichora desiderabtlis, n. sp. 



Of a brilliant metallic blue : under surface, legs, and ros- 

 trum of a more or less metallic green : antennae almost black. 

 Glabrous. 



Head with small and indistinct punctures. Bnstrum (for 

 the genus) fairly stout, slightly longer than prothorax; with 

 fairly large and distinct punctures on sides, sparse and min- 

 ute elsewhere. Scape inserted about one-third from apex of 

 rostrum : basal joint of funicle as long as the two following 

 combined. Frotliorax with minute and rather sparse but 

 clearly defined punctures. Elytra elongate-subcordate, out- 

 line quite continuous with that of prothorax ; punctures much 

 as in preceding species, except that in the three sutural striae 

 near tlie base they are distinctly rounded. Under surface 

 with irregularly distributed punctures of variable size, but 

 larger on side pieces of mesosternum than elsewhere. Pygidkim 

 small but distinct. Femora edentate. Length, 3t^y-5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (Macleay Museum and H. 

 Hacker) . 



The edentate femora and comparatively short rostrum will 

 readily distinj^uish from the other Australian species. There 

 are six specimens before me, of which four, probably the 

 males, have the pygidium fairly distinct, and a large round 

 fovea on the apical segment of the abdomen ; the others have 

 the pygidium smaller and the fovea absent. 



Ipsichora Macleayi, n. sp. 



Black, highly polished, with a more or less distinct pur- 

 plish gloss; antennae (base of scape reddish) almost black. 

 Glabrous, except for some very indistinct setae on legs and sides 

 of under surface. 



H ead with sparse and minute jounctures. Rosfri/w thin, 

 twice the length of prothorax : punctures fairlv dense and 

 large on sides behind antennae, sparse and small elsewhere. 



