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Lamprolina iriipressicollis, n. sp. 



Elongata, convexa, nitida, subtus leneo-violacea aut obscure 

 metallico-purpurea ; thoracis apice et lateribus, abdominis apice 

 extreiuo, pedibusque riifo-fulvis, tarsis nigris, supra rufo-fulva, 

 capite piceo, antennis (basi excepta) nigris ; thorace rude punctato, 

 utrinque intra margineni excavato-foveolato ; elytris metallico- 

 viridibus aut metallico-ctieruleis, distincte punctatis, punctis ad 

 suturam et ad marginem exteriorem striatim dispositis. Long. 

 4 lin. 



Hab. Champion Bay ; Rockhampton. 



Clypeus transverse semi-ovate, smooth, finely punctured, sepa- 

 rated from the face by a semi-circular groove, above which is a 

 coarsely punctured depressed space ; antennse half the length of 

 the body, robust, slightly increasing in thickness towards the 

 apex, bluish black, two lower joints rufous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, sides diverging from base towards the apex, sud- 

 denly converging at tlie apex itself, anterior angles acute ; above 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured, rufo-fulvous, basal and anter- 

 ior borders narrowly edged with piceous ; lateral margin thick- 

 ened (more especially towards the anterior angle) and separated 

 from the disk by a row of coarse irregular fovete. Scutellum 

 obscure rufous, more or less tinged with aeneous. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, parallel, convex, distinctly punctured, the punc- 

 tures arranged in stri« on the inner disk and near the lateral 

 margin, irregularly placed over the rest of the surface. Abdo- 

 men with the lateral jnargin of the pemdtimate and the entire 

 margin of the ultimate segments narrowly edged with rufous. 



Stethomela fraternalis, n. sp. 



Oblonga, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis (basi apiceque 

 exceptis) nigris, pectore abdomineque plus minusve asneo-tinctis, 

 supra viridi-metallica, thorace fortiter punctato, punctis ajneo- 

 micantibus, hie illic irregulariter congregatis ; elytris infra 

 humeros foveis nonnuUis irregulariter impressis, distincte punc- 

 tatis, punctis in striis gemmelhitis dispositis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Port Bowen, Queensland, (Si/ii^ton). 



Mouth rufo-fulvous ; clypeus very short, transverse, separated 

 from the face by a deep groove, above which is a closely punc- 

 tured triangular space ; antenniB slender, about half the length 

 of the body, four or five joints at the base and the apical half of 

 the terminal one rufo-fulvoiis, the rest black. Thorax twice as 

 broad again as long, sides straight and parallel, rounded and con- 

 verging in front, anterior angles acute ; upper surface coarsely 

 punctured, the punctures collected in irregular patches on the 



