48 Mr. Baly's De.-^rnpfious nf 



tato ; elytris parallelis, punctato-striatis, interspatiis coiiA^exis, 

 sub-costatis. I^ong. 4| liii. 



Hab. Western Australia ; a single specimen collected by Mr. 

 Duboiilay. 



Clypens longer than broad, pentagonal, its apex very acnte ; 

 upper portion of face and vertex closely punctured, clothed with 

 adpressed hairs ; eyes very large and prominent, shining black ; 

 antennte equal to the body in length, second joint very short, 

 third one half longer than the second, fourth more than twice as 

 long as the third, fourth and following joints slightly compressed. 

 Thorax longer than broatl, sub-cylindrical, constricted in front of 

 the base ; surface glabrous, strongly but not very closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, interspaces convex, sub-costate, extreme apex of elytra 

 irregularly punctured. Hinder thighs armed beneath near the 

 apex with a single tooth. 



Lariiprolina Jansoni, n. sp. 



Elongata, convexa, subtus metallico-violacea, nitida, thoracis 

 apice et lateribus, abdominis apice pedibusrpie rufo-fulvis, tarsis 

 nigris ; supra rufo-fulva, antennis (articulo basali excepto) la^te 

 caeruleis, scutello obscure aeneo, elytris coeruleo-viridibus, tenuiter 

 punctatis, punctis ad suturam et ad marginem exteriorem 

 striatim dispositis ; thorace transverso, utrin([ue intra marginem 

 foveolato, disco Isevi. Long. 3^-4 lin. 



Hab. Itockhampton, Australia. 



Head smooth, clypeus separated from the face by a semi- 

 circular groove, from the upper edge of which run three grooved 

 lines, the middle one short and perpendicular, the lateral ones 

 oblique and extending upwards and outwards towards the upper 

 angle of the eye ; antenntv rather more than half the length of 

 the body, the basal joint, and occasionally the basal half of the 

 second, rufo-fulvous, the rest dark metallic blue. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, sides parallel, converging in front, anterior 

 angles acute, scarcely produced ; disk slightly convex, smooth, 

 impunctate, or only impressed in some specimens with a few line 

 punctures ; sides thickened, separated from the disk by a row of 

 deep, strongly punctured foveie. Elytra slightly broader than 

 thorax, elongate-ovate, narrowly rounded at the apex ; convex, 

 finely but distinctly punctured, punctures arranged in longitudi- 

 nal rows on the inner disk and near the outer margin, irregularly 

 placed on the remainder of their surface. Abdomen shining 

 violaceous, last two segments violaceous. 



