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nihilominus paullo pone scutellum minus anguste) a^neis ; 

 capite sat fortiter sat crebre punctulato, longitudinaliter 

 concavo et linea subtili impresso, prothorace ad latera mar- 

 ginato, quam longiori (et postice quam antice) fere duplo 

 latiori, antice fortiter bisinuato vix concavo, rugulose fortiter 

 sat crebre (postice in medio minus crebre) punctulato, linea 

 mediana (antice obsoleta) hevi notata, lateribus fortiter 

 rotundatis, basi undulatirn bisinuata; elytris striatis, striis 

 subtiliter punctulatis, interstitiis sat convexis sparsim minus 

 subtiliter punctulatis, apice rotundato, marginibus postice 

 baud denticulatis ; corpore subtus (a capite ad apicem 

 gradatim minus crebre magis crasse nihilominus sternis in 

 medio sparsissime) rugulose punctulato; segmento ventrali 

 apicali quam penultimum paullo longiori, postice late 

 rotundato, apicem juxta leviter depresso sat crebre subtilius 

 punctulato; unguiculis basi fortiter dentatis. Long., 13 1. ; 

 lat., 51 1. 



Near *S'. sanguiniventris, Saund., from which (apart from want 

 of pilosity, which may be sexual, and colour) the present species 

 diflers inter alia by the apices of its elytra being each quite evenly 

 rounded. The difference of colour is chiefly seen on the prothorax, 

 which in this insect is entirely red on the upper surface (except a 

 narrow brassy edging) and entirely blackish-green beneath, while 

 the same segment in sanguiniventris is of a dark bronzy colour, 

 with its lateral margins both above and below red. 



The base of the prothorax and front margin of the elytra are 

 fitted to each other in the same manner as in ^S'. sanyuinea, 

 Saund., sanguinicentris, Saund., etc., but this sculpture is less 

 strongly defined than in those species. 



Victoria, Wimmera district ; in the collection of C. French, 

 Esq. 



S. Victoriensis, sp. nov. 2 (!) Sat angusta ; sat convexa ; 

 sat nitida ; a?nea (certo adspectu cuprea vel purpurascens) ; 

 prothoracis lateribus et in elytris singulis signaturis quinis 

 (sc. macula prope scutellum subrotundata, macula mar- 

 ginali elongata pone basin, fascia vix antemediana suturam 

 haud attingenti, fascia pone medium suturam baud attingenti 

 et macula parva subapicali), flavis ; capite (hoc profunde 

 longitudinaliter concavo) prothoraceque sat crebre sat for- 

 titer punctulatis ; prothorace ad latera haud marginato, 

 quam longiori (et postice quam antice) dimidia parte latiori, 

 antice leviter concavo leviter bisinuato, linea mediana 

 irregulari la^vi instructo, latitudine majori sat longe pone 

 medium posita, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis, basi fortiter 

 bisinuata ; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis punctulatis 



