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as in 31. gloriosa, Hope); the marginal purple colour couimencesr 

 just behind the middle where the fascia meets the margin ; the 

 spot of ground colour near the apex enclosed by the purple of 

 the suture, fascia, lateral margin, and apex is moderately large. 

 I have seen a good many specimens of this insect, all those 

 bearing any record of locality having been taken at no great 

 distance from Adelaide, The species does not seem to vary 

 much. 



M. semisiititralis, sjd. nov. Oblongo-ovalis ; sat nitida ; IcTte 

 viridis, elytrorum sutura (tertia parte antica excepta) et 

 magine laterali summo purpureis ; capite piano confertim 

 sat fortiter punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori plus 

 dimidio (ut 2f ad If) latiori, postice quam antice pauUo 

 plus quarta parte latiori, crebre subtilius (ad latera 

 crassius) punctulato, antice sat evidenter postice leviter 

 bisinuato, lateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris pone medium 

 leviter dilatatis, obscure striatis (striis suturam lateraque 

 versus deficientibus), crassius confuse punctulatis, punc- 

 tis prgesertim ad latera transversim confluentibus, lateri- 

 bus pone medium transversim rugatis ; prosterno antice 

 declivi ; hoc in medio crebre, sat fortiter, metasterno in 

 medio sparsius sat fortiter, abdomine sparsius squamose, 

 punctulatis. Long. 3f 1. 

 This is a splendid little insect. The green colour of the 

 specimen described is about as full and rich a tint as can be 

 imagined. It should be noted that the interstices of the stria? 

 on the elytra are obscurely convex, the first, third, and fifth 

 very slightly and undecidedly more so than the others. 

 M. (?) tlioracica, sp. nov. Oblongo-ovalis ; minus nitida ; atro- 

 cyanea ; capite prothoracis lateribus, eljdrorum margine 

 summo apiceque, et corpore subtus, olDscure cupreo mican- 

 tibus ; capite piano confertim fortiter punctulato ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori dimidio latiori, postice quam 

 antice quarta parte latiori, crebre fortiter (ad latera etiam 

 crebrius) punctulato, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis, 

 margine anteriori leviter posteriori fortiter bisinuatis ; 

 elytris pone medium leviter dilatatis sat evidenter striatis, 

 sat fortiter punctulatis, punctis suturam versus sparsis, 

 latera versus crebris transversim confluentibus, striis 

 punctulatis ad latera deficientibus, interstitiis planis, 

 lateribus totis (quarta parte basali excepta) subtiliter 

 serratis, margine anteriori fortius obtuse producto ; pro- 

 sterno antice vix declivi ; hoc in medio (antice subtilius 

 postice fortiter) crebre punctulato ; metasterno in medio 

 sparsius sat fortiter punctulato, spatio utrinque pone- 

 medium IcTvi 5 abdomine crebre fortiter punctulato. 

 Lonof. 44 1. 



