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This species is evidently congeneric with those that I have- 

 previously described under the generic name Chlamydopsis. It 

 is distinguishable from all the species hitherto attributed to that 

 genus by, inter alia, its extremely nitid and punctureless elytra 

 as well as by the extraordinary humeral horn and lateral crest 

 that project from each elytron and the thick pencil of very long 

 golden hairs (nearly long enough to reach back to the propygidium) 

 that rise from the apex of the humeral process and the front of 

 the summit of the lateral crest. A single specimen was found 

 in a pool of water. 



South Australia (near Woodville). 



BUPRESTID^. 



MELOBASIS. 



M. inter stitialis, sp. nov. Minus nitida ; supra viridi-senea,. 

 prothoracis angulis posticis scutelloque purpureis, elytrorum 

 costis interrupte aureo-cupreis ; subtus purpureo-cuprea ; 

 pedibus anticis viridi-geneis posterioribus obscure subpur- 

 pureis, tarsorum articulo ultimo viridi ; antennis obscuris ;, 

 corpore subtus ad latera pedibusque albo-pilosis ; capite (fere 

 ut M. cupreo-vittatce, Saund.) piano, confertim granuloso- 

 punctulato, albido-piloso ; prothorace quam longiori ut 5 ad 

 3J latiori, antice vix angustato, antice et postice fortiter 

 sinuato, fere ut M. cupreo-vittatce punctulato (sc. in disco 

 sat crebre minus fortiter, ad latera grosse rugulose), lateri- 

 bus subrectis (fere ut M. Saundersi, Mast.); elytris fere ut 

 M- Saundersi 5-costatis, interstitiis (fere ut 21. Satmdersi) 

 subtiliter confertim sub?equaliter punctulatis sed quam 

 hujus speciei puncturis magis concinnis, parte antica haud 

 transversim strigata, lateribus postice sat crebre denticulatis, 

 denticulo suturse proximo quam ceteri majori ; sterno sat 

 longe pone marginem anticum transversim fere recte gibboso, 

 parte mediana antice minus crebre minus fortiter (postice 

 magis crebre magis fortiter) punctulato ; segmentis ventrali- 

 bus basalibus 2 crebre subtiliter (ceteris minus crebre) 

 punctulatis. 

 Maris quam feminje pronoti disco magis fortiter punctulato^ 



segmento ventrali apicali postice bi-emarginato trispinoso. 

 Feminse segmento ventrali apicali profunde sat anguste 



emarginato. Long., 7f 1.; lat., '2\ 1. 

 The golden coppery parts of the elytral costse are the front 

 one-fifth of the first (sutural) costa, a short piece of the second 

 costa slightly in front of its middle, of the third costa a short 

 piece near the base and another behind the middle, of the fourth 

 the hind extremity, and of the fifth a somewhat long piece near 

 the front. This species is notable among those having costate 



