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I. Elytra, feet, and anus red. erythropterus. 



c. Elytra green or blue. 



1. Eeet black ; elytra green, dullisb sbagreen. 



chloropterus. 



2. Eeet red ; elytra green, brilliant, not shagreen. 



chalcopterus. 



d. Elytra and feet black or pitch-brow n ; brilliant ; size 



small ; clypeum punctate in rows. socius. 



X. phaenicopterus, Er., Gen. Staph., 314 ; Fauvel, I., 74. 



Exactly the size of X. analis, jet black, brilliant ; antennae 

 black, a little longer than the head ; the palp* dark brown ; 

 head same width as thorax, a little longer than broad, slightly 

 narrowed anteriorly, the sides straight, posterior extremities 

 rounded with punctures, one on each side and two near 

 together towards the middle of the forehead, these being 

 placed obliquely near the upper margin of the eye, also a few 

 more irregularly placed transversely, with the exception of 

 the ordinary anterior grooves it is altogether very smooth ; 

 thorax is a* little narrower than the elytra, slightly longer 

 than broad, towards the base somewhat narrowed, the sides 

 slightly curving in the middle, the apex on each side obliquely 

 truncated, anterior extremities obtuse, rather convex, between 

 the anterior angle on each side is a large and deep puncture, 

 also a few punctures on each side on the anterior margin ; 

 scutellum punctate ; elytra very little longer than the thorax, 

 marked with three pretty regular rows of punctures, the first 

 sutural, the second in the middle of the back, and the third 

 marginal, these rows being red, brilliant, with purple lustre ; 

 abdomen parallel, punctured finely and rather sparsely, black, 

 resplendent ; feet short, black, the tibiae having violet spines ; 

 tarsi dark brown ; wings dark bottle-green. In January. 



Length.— 10-12 mill. 



Localities. — Melbourne, Sydney, Cape York. Nuriootpa, 

 Mr. Tepper's collection. 



X. erythropterus, Er., Gen. Staph., 320 ; Fauvel, I., 72. 



Not longer, but a little broader and more depressed than 

 X. glahratus, black, shining ; antennae a little longer than the 

 head, the 4-10 joints cylindrical, slightly transA^erse, equal, 

 dusky brown, the first a pitchy red, the apex of the last ferru- 

 ginous ; palpae and labrum pitch-red ; head broader than 

 thorax, subquadrate, the base truncated, posterior angles 

 rounded, sides straight, anteriorly rather narrowed, slightly 

 depressed above, a few punctures impressed on each side, a 

 very short and obsolete lateral furrow on each side in front of 

 the eyes, terminating towards the middle in a broader and 



