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have in my own collection a specimen taken about 30 miles 

 from Port Lincoln. 



The following two new species differ rather conspicuously in 

 appearance from the ordinary types of the genus, although I 

 do not observe any defined character that renders a new name 

 necessary. They are broad about the front of the elytra and a 

 good deal narrowed thence both towards the head and towards 

 the apex ; they are absolutely devoid of any indication of 

 pubescent spots or fasciae, and the lateral carina {i.e., that 

 within the lateral margin of the thorax on either side) is widely 

 separated from the margin and strongly curved near the base 

 of the thorax. The tarsi are somewhat more compressed than 

 is usual in the genus, and the basal joint of the hind tarsi, 

 though longer than the second, is distinctly shorter than the 

 second and third together. 



C. constricta, sp. nov. Nitida ; antice posticeque angustata ; 

 breviter a?qualiter sparsim pubescens ; cyaneo-viridis, 

 elytris purpureo-nigris igneo-cupreo marginatis ; capite 

 subplano vix evidenter canaliculato crebre sat fortiter 

 punctulato, punctis rugis longitudinalibus positis ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiore fere duplo latiore, antice leviter 

 rotundato minus angustato, trans basin depresso, obscure 

 squamose punctulato, transversim curvatim nee crebre 

 rugato, lateribus leviter arcuatis parte quinta posteriori 

 abrupte subrectis, carina laterali postice fortiter arcuata 

 marginem anteriorem vix attingente, basi leviter bisinuata; 

 elytris antice crasse obscure punctulatis transversim crasse 

 rugatis, postice punctis subtilioribus rugis obsoletis ; 

 subtus sparsim squamose punctulata, punctis undatim 

 rugis conjunctis; prosterno fortius punctulato. Long. 

 211. 

 Owing to the abrupt declivity of the sides of the thorax the 

 •curved carina viewed from above seems to form the lateral 

 margin, and this in conjunction with the transversely depressed 

 base of the thorax causes the thorax to appear strongl}^ con- 

 stricted just in front of the base, the apparent constriction 

 seeming to form on the lateral margins a sharply-defined tri- 

 angular excision. The fourth joint of the antennae is equal in 

 length to the third and longer than the fifth ; it is slightly 

 produced on the inner side, but much less so than the follow- 

 ing joints. 



I have a single specimen, which was sent to me from ^'estern 

 Australia by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



C. Lincli, sp. nov. Sat nitida ; antice posticeque angustata; 

 vix pubescens; cupreo-a?nea, antennis (basi excepta) tarsis 

 elytrisque purpureo-nigris, his igneo-cupreo marginatis; 



