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briglitly, antennae and palpae dark brown, feet and front of 

 bips reddisli yellow ; the elytra either cyanide or bronzy green ; 

 abdomen slightly brassy ; antennae little longer than the head, 

 the top of eleventh joint ferruginous ; head a little broader 

 than thorax, longer than broad, base and posterior extremities 

 rounded, sides nearly straight, not narrowed anteriorly, 

 somewhat depressed, the punctures are the most fine and 

 obsolete of all the species ; there is a rather small puncture 

 towards the centre of the forehead and two close together near 

 the upper margin of the eye, also a number of them irregularly 

 placed transversely, there are two intermediate grooves 

 running anteriorly nearly parallel ; thorax a little longer than 

 broad, narrowed towards the base, sides slightly curved behind 

 the centre, the base narrower than elytra, rather convex, one 

 puncture at the anterior extremity ; scutellum somewhat 

 punctate ; elytra a little longer than thorax, very finely punctate 

 in three rows, the first sutural, the second in middle of back, 

 the third marginal, all being pretty regular ; abdomen has a 

 few scattered punctures, a fine pile ; wings dark brown. 



Length— Ii)-12 mill. 



Localities. — Brisbane, Eockhampton, Swan Eiver. Xuriootpa, 

 Mr. Topper's collection. 



X. socius, Fauvel, I., p. 79. 



In size and general appearance like the smaller vspecimens of 

 X. punctulatiis, black, subnitid, slightly alutaceous, elytra not 

 so, and more shining ; the mouth, antennae, with the exception 

 of the first joint, the feet, and the margins of the segments 

 dark brown ; antenn.T very little longer than the head, rather 

 thickened, the 5-10 joints shortly transverse, the 11th conical • 

 head subquadrate. quarter as long again as broad, the front 

 rather narrowed, the posterior extremities subobtuse, on each 

 side here and there deep punctures, two short furrows in front, 

 somewhat curved, anteriorly a large punctate impression 

 between the furrow and the eye, a small groove contiguous 

 with it ; thorax same breadth as front of head, one-third longer 

 than broad, the posterior rather markedly narrowed, sinuous 

 in the middle, all the extremities rounded, there are seven 

 straight dorsal lines and eight lateral ones curving and 

 punctate ; scutellum bipunctate ; elytra a little broader than 

 thorax, but not longer, the back having three fine lines and the 

 suture irregularly punctate ; the margin very finely inflexed in 

 lines, abdomen subcupreous, rather thickly and very finely 

 punctate. 



Length. ~5h-(jl mill. 



Localities. — A^ictoria, Kockhampton, Adelaide. 



