Mr. Waterhouse on new species of Coleoptera. 229 



Head black, rather short and broad, rather thickly and very finely 

 punctured, the vertex sparingly punctured, clypeus deeply and 

 transversely impressed. Thorax scarcely broader than the head, 

 about as long as broad, widest in front of the middle, much 

 roimded at the sides narrowed behind, sparingly and scarcely 

 visibly punctured, with a shallow impression on each side of 

 the disk. Elytra bluish-green, one-quarter broader than the 

 thorax, very closely finely but distinctly pvmctured, with a 

 transverse narrow whitish band near the apex. Abdomen 

 shining, yellow, with the aj)ex black, very delicately and not 

 very closely punctured, or rather scratched. 



Hab. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



Sessinia snblineata, n. sp. 



Elongata, angu.sta, cyaneo-nigra, griseo-pubescens ; capite 

 crebre fortiter punctato ; thorace capite paulo latiori, latitudine 

 vix longiori, confertim fortiter punctato, dorsim utrinque 

 impresso, postice angustato, lateribus antice rotundatis ; elytris 

 thorace |- latioribuSj subtilius ruguloso-punctatis. Long. 3 lin. 



Rather a long, narroAV species, liluish-black. Head rather 

 narrow, very thickly and distinctly punctured, with a smooth 

 spot on the forehead. Thorax in front a httle broader than 

 the head, broadest in front of the middle, moderately narrowed 

 behind, the punctuation rather strong and very crowded, the 

 punctures not large, there is a well marked impression on each 

 side, and the punctuation here is finer. Scutellum thickly 

 punctured. Elytra rather finely and very thickly rugulose, 

 each elytron with two fine costas, the pubescence' near the suture 

 forms two greyish strij)es, that on the sides is nearly black. 



Hab. Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson, Esq.), S. Austraha (Bake- 

 well). Brit. Mus. 



CASSIDID^. 



Epistictia inornata, u, sp. 



Oblongo-ovata, piceo-testacea, sub-nitida ; fronte crebre punc- 

 tulata, nigro-variegata ; thorace crebre subtiliter punctulato, 

 disco parcius punctulato, utrinque pimctis duobus nigris lasvibus ; 

 elytris crebre fortiter punctatis, margiuibus la'vioribus, pai'um 

 reriexis ; humeris puncto nigro notatis ; ore, genubus tarsisque 



