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pressed apical joints of its anteiiiue, and rn{/icoJ/is by its male 

 havini:^ red antenn.ie. P. saIehrosit>t, Guer., is described as entirely 

 devoid of markings on the upper surface. I\ trispilus, Chap., has 

 the prothorax laterally denticulate and the elytra " ohsohtiiisime 

 costata ," but even if the latter character represent a costation 

 scarcely Jistinguishable from none at all, the antennte, prothorax, 

 and elytra are all described as quite ditierently coloured from 

 those of the present species. All the other described species of 

 Prionopleura are stated by their authors to have costate elytra or 

 the prothorax non-denticulate, or both. 



CIIALCOLAMPRA. 



C rustica, sp. nov. Sat elongata ; haud parallela ; a^nea, antennis 

 palpisque testaceis, pedibus obscure rutis (femoribus paullo 

 seneo-micantibus) ; prothorace duplo-punctulato ; elytris sub- 

 tiliter punctulato striatis, interstitiis planis crebre minus 

 subtiliter punctulatis. Long., 2^1.; lat., If 1. 



The third joint of the antennae is more than half again as long 

 as the fourth. Compared Avith the common C. cenea, Boisd. 

 (ctcervata, Germ.), the following points of difference may be noted 

 (apart from colour) : — The antenna? are very much more slender, 

 the prothoracic punctures of the larger system are much smaller 

 and less coarse, the prothorax is Avider (being very fully twice as 

 wide as long), and is narroAver as compared Avith the elytra 

 (Avhich, at their Avidest, are more than half again as wide as it), 

 the punctures in the elytral stria? are liner and much more closely 

 placed, and the interstices of the elytra are more perfectly flat 

 and are closely punctured. Of the preA'iously-described species 

 of C hahoJampra not differing from this one so conspicuously as to 

 make comparison superfluous, C. Hursti has distinctly conA'ex 

 elytral interstices ; laticoUis and simiUima ha,\e the prothorax as 

 wide as the elytra ; paixiUeJa has the elytra parallel (in this 

 species they are OA'al), and luteicornis and Adelaidce haA^e the pro- 

 thorax of equal Avidth Avith the base of the elytra to Avhich they 

 are A'ery exactly fitted (in this species the base of the elytra is 

 considerably wider than the base of the prothorax). 



Yilgarn, W. Australia ; sent to me by C. French, Esq. 



CALOAIELA SEXMACULATA, JciC. 



This species is stated in Masters' Catalogue to occur at Rock- 

 hampton, Queensland. On turning up the only reference given 

 (E.M.M., 1885, p. 224), the habitat is found to be there entered 

 as " Point Moresby, New Guinea." I suspect the name has 

 found its way into the Australian Catalogue by an OA'ersight. 



