Tencbrionida3y/'o?;? AustrdUa and Tasmania. 63 



green ; liead llattLsh above the elypeiis, the hitter convex ; 

 eyes moderately a])])roxiniate ; antenna3 stoiitish, especially 

 outwards, the last joint irregularly and broadly ovate ; pro- 

 thorax broad at the apex, rather narrow at the base, minutely 

 punctured ; scutellum convex, triangular ; elytra striate-punc- 

 tate, the stria^, narrow and ratlier deep, the })unctures small 

 and nearly contiguous, the intervals of the striai almost im- 

 punctate ; body beneath and legs glossy black. Length 

 5 lines. 



This and the two above are among the very few striated spe- 

 cies of the genus; and of the striated species they are the most 

 convex and elliptical in outline. Besides the difference of 

 colour, A. suturalis has the antennic much stouter and the 

 elytra much more deeply striate than A. elUpsoides, 



Amarygmus torridus. 



A. breviter ovalis, convexus, nitidus ; prothorace fiilvescenti-cupreo ; 

 elytris viridi-metallicis, fortiter seriatim punctatis ; corpus subtus 

 femoribusque castaneo-fuscis. 



Hah. Cape York. 



Shortly oval, convex, shining ; head black ; clypeus very 

 broad ; antenna? reddish brown, slightly thicker outwards, ex- 

 tending to half the length of the body, third joint longest, the 

 rest of nearly equal length ; prothorax yellowish copper, 

 closely and finely punctured ; scutellum equilaterally tri- 

 angular, black; elytra about a quarter longer than broad, 

 convex, coarsely seriate-punctate, all the punctures about 

 equidistant from one another ; body beneath and femora dark 

 chestnut-brown, slightly nitid ; tibia? and tarsi reddisli brown. 

 Length b\ lines. 



In form something like A. convexus ^ but shorter. An iso- 

 lated species. 



