new Species of Pyrochroidae. .')33 



depressed rif^lit up to the niiterior margin, in the subniargiiial 

 carina being clo.scr to aiid more parall(>l witli tlie margin, 

 ami in tlio sutnral dark band not being tliickened and some- 

 what recurrent along the submarginal area at its termination. 



Lemodes cceruleiventn's, sp. n. 



Coccinea, parco piibe iuduta, creberrirae punctata, ventre pedi- 



busque atro-cxruleis. 

 Long. 5 ram. 



Ifab. Queensland (Port Bowen). 



Distinguisiied by its small size and scanty pubescence. 

 Head and prothorax densely and coarsely punctured, causing 

 the surface to appear almost honeycombed; the latter not 

 so sharply protuberant on the sides as L. coccinea, Boh., 

 and without any furrow on the disc. Elytra coarsely but 

 not so densely punctured, with a very thin pubescence, and 

 consequently not showing the marbled reflections of coccinea. 

 The abdomen and limbs are of a deep shining blue-black; 

 the antennoe entirely blacl<^ also with a blue reflection. 



Lemodes tumidipennis, sp. n. 



Ferruginea, nitida, parce punctata ; prothorace medio valde con- 

 stricto ; elytris basiu et dimidio postico tumidis ; pedibus ferrii- 

 gineis, femorum apicibus ct tarsis testaceis. 



Long. Sg mm. 



Hah. Australia. 



Abundantly distinct from all its congeners in its flmooth 

 shining surface, devoid of pubescence and to a great extent 

 of punctures ; the long scattered hairs found in the other 

 species still persist. The irregularities of surface exhibited 

 by L, coccinea are immensely exaggerated ; thus the pro- 

 thorax is more strongly constricted in the middle, with the 

 dorsal surface above the constriction raised on either side of 

 the median furrow into a low hump ; the elytra are strongly 

 inflated at the shoulders and again about the middle of the 

 base. Behind these areas the depressions on the disc and on 

 the sides are very strongly marked, and behind tbem the 

 whole of the apical half of the elytra forms one large inflated 

 area. The swollen portions of the elytra are testaceous, 

 while the depressions and the basal portion of the sutural 

 area are da! k ferrugineous ; these portions also bear a few 

 large punctures. The antennae are blackish, with the 

 terminal joint white and the basal three or four joints 

 reddish. The logs are piceous, with the extreme apex of the 

 femora testaceous. 



