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Elongate, convex, nitidous. Face deeply impressed between the 

 eyes, the latter, together with a patch on the front, black; antennas 

 moderately robust, rather longer than half the body. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, apex indistinctly concave, sides straight and nearly 

 parallel at the extreme base, then moderately rotimdate-ampliate ; 

 above thickened, smooth and shining; a large transverse patch at 

 the base and four spots arranged transversely just within the anterior 

 border, to which the two intermediate spots are attached by their apex, 

 black ; on either side the basal patch is placed an oblique row of deep 

 punctures, a few being also visible along the basal margin. Scutellum 

 semiovate. Elytra narrowly ovate, truncate at the base, humeral callus 

 prominent; each elytron with eleven rows of distinct punctures, the 

 first abbreviated, all the stria? nearly obsolete towards the apex of the 

 elytron ; basilar space bounded beneath by a transverse depression, 

 which is interrupted below the humeral callus ; the puncturing of the 

 fossa coarser and more deeply impressed than that on the rest of the 

 surface ; the black spots on the elytra are arranged as follows : — two at 

 the base; three placed transversely just before the middle, the centre 

 one common ; four immediately behind the middle, the two interme- 

 diate attached to the suture ; and, lastly, two subapical, transverse ; the 

 sutural line, which commences at the termination of the anterior third 

 of the suture, terminates at the sutural angle in a small black spot. 



Closely allied to Ph. cyanicornis ; rather more than half the size. 



Phyllocharis acroleuca. 



P. elongata, convexa, pallide rufo-fulva, nitida, corpore subtus obscuriore ; 

 antennis submoniliformibus, nigro-cseruleis, articulis ultimis duobus 

 albis ; fronte, thorace (lateribus exceptis) pectorisque lateribus pallide 

 rufo-piceis ; elytris punctato-striatis, infra basin transversim impressis, 

 maculis duabus baseos, duabus ante apicem minus distinctis, fasciisque 

 duabus sinuatis, prima ante, secunda pone medium positis, pallide rufo- 

 piceis. — Long. 3\ lin. 



Hob. Moreton Bay. 



Subelongate, convex, nitidous. Face deeply impressed between the 

 eyes ; antennas moderately robust, longer than half the body. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long, slightly narrowed from base to apex, 

 apical margin moderately concave, sides nearly straight, more quickly 

 narrowed and slightly rounded at the apex, anterior angles acute; 

 above smooth and shining, scarcely thickened, impressed with a few 

 distant minute punctures, central portion pale rufo-piceous, sides 

 broadly rufo-fulvous ; on either side the disk at its base is a distinct 

 fovea ; along the basal margin are also a few deep punctures. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, the sides indistinctly curved, 

 humeral callus prominent; each elytron impressed with eleven rows of 

 fine punctures, the first abbreviated, all the rows nearly obsolete towards 

 the apex of the elytron'; basilar space bounded beneath by a deep 



