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quam longior ut 8 ad 5 latiori, ut capitis pars posterior 

 punctulato, lateribus modice arcuatis (latitudine majori pone 

 raedium sita) angulos posticos versus subplanatis; eiytris ad 

 basin mediam leviter angulatim productis, ad apicem 

 rotundatis, punctulato - striatis, interstitiis sat convexis 

 sparsim punctulatis, lateribus postice baud crenulatis ; 

 corpore subtus sparsius minus fortiter punctulato ; ungui- 

 culis inermibus. Long., 10 1.; lat., 34 1. 

 This species bears a certain resemblance to *S'. ruhricauda^ 

 Saund., but differs from it iiiter alia multa by its glabrous head* 

 differently colored head and prothorax, the presence of a well" 

 defined transverse fascia immediately behind the middle of its 

 elytra. The sanguineous coloring of the elytra occupies the 

 portion behind the fascia. The cyaneous coloring of the suture 

 begins a little in front of the middle and is narrow to the begin- 

 ning of about the apical one-third of the elytra, where it dilates 

 into an elongate oval blotch which reaches the apex and there is 

 again dilated along the apical margin to nearl}'- the width of its 

 widest part. 



Thursday Island (sent by Mr. French). 

 S. guttigera, sp. nov. Modice elongata ; minus nitida ; tenea, 

 eiytris flavo-testaceis (his ad basin anguste seiieis, ad apicem 

 violaceis, guttis sex sat parvis ornatis, — sc. duabus com- 

 munibus et binis prope marginem lateralem positis), 

 abdomine rufo-testaceo, antennis pedibusque violaceis vn'ridi- 

 micantibus, scutello violaceo ; capite modice elongato, crebre 

 subfortiter sat lequaliter punctulato, longitudinaliter sat 

 profunde concavo, parte inter oculos postice parum angus- 

 taba ; prothorace quam longior sesquilatiori, fere ut caput 

 punctulato, lateribus pone medium manifeste dilatato- 

 rotundatis, basi quam margo anticus ut 6 ad 3^ latiori 

 utrinque punctura foveiformi instructa ; eiytris ad basin 

 mediam leviter angulatim productis, ad apicem anguste 

 obsolete emarginatis vix bi-apiculatis, ad latera mox pone 

 basin fortius emarginato sinuatis, punctulato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis leviter convexis sat crebre minus subtiliter punc- 

 tulatis, lateribus postice subtiliter crenulatis. Long., 8 1.; 

 lat., 24 ]. 

 In outline and sculpture this species closely resembles 6'. Jekeli, 

 Saund., but it is much smaller, with very different markings and 

 coloring, and with its prothorax notably less strongly transverse 

 and less strongly dilatate-rotundate on the sides, and the fovei- 

 form puncture at the middle of the base of the pronotum (so 

 conspicuous in Jekeli) is wanting. 

 Victoria. 



