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"both these it differs entirely in its markings, and also from the 

 former inter alia by its prothorax very strongly bisinuate at the 

 base ; the descrijDtion of the latter is hardly detailed enough to 

 specify other differences than of colour and markings. The pro- 

 thorax in respect of markings is almost exactly like that of 

 ^S'. Pertyi, L. ct G., without the basal dark mark which is present 

 on the latter. I do not know any other species having the elytra 

 similarly marked. 



North Queensland ; sent to me by Mr. Duboulay. 



S. Lais, Thorns. The author does not quote a more exact 

 habitat than "Australia" for this species. I have specimens 

 certainly I think referable to it from Western Australia. 



,5'. guttata, sp. no v. Sat lata ; minus convexa ; sat nitida : aureo- 

 viridis, elytris abdomineque (lioc viridi-micanti) testaceis ; 

 illis basi summa, maculis par vis postmedianis utrincjue 2 

 latus versus positis, et spinis apicalibus, obscure viridibus ; 

 capite sat elongato, longitudinaliter profunde concavo, sat 

 fortiter sat crebre punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori 

 dimidio (postice quam antice duplo) latiori, postice in medio 

 fortiter minus crebre (antice gradatim magis subtiliter magis 

 crebre, latera versus gradatim magis rugosule) punctulato, 

 latitudine majori longe pone medium posita, lateribus antice 

 fortiter sinuatis pone medium ampliato-rotundatis, margine 

 antico fortiter concavo in medio anguste producto, basi late 

 sat fortiter lobata, angulis anticis valcle acutis posticis rectis, 

 linea longitudinali Igevi mediana antice obsoleta postice fovea 

 parva terminata ; elytris apice oblique emarginatis bispinosis, 

 punctulato-striatis, striarum punctis fuscis sat magnis, inter- 

 stitiis minus convexis antice suturam versus subla^vibus 

 aliunde obscure punctulatis, lateribus postice denticulatis ; 

 sternis ad latera crasse sat crebre inmedio sparsim subtiliter, 

 abdomine confertim subfortiter (processu intercoxali crassius 

 sparsius excepto), punctulatis ; segmento ventrali (feminas ?) 

 apicali quam penultimum sat longiori, postice rotundato ; 

 unguiculis simplicibus. Long., 9 1. ; lat., 3|- 1. 

 Yar. (?) Minor (long., 7 1.); elytris pone scutellum macula 

 communi viridi instructis, macula postmediana utrinque 

 . singula. 



The type of this species is very like S. bimaculata, Saund. 

 {from North- West Australia), as figured (Journ. Linn. Soc. IX., 

 t. 10, fig. 48), if the dark-coloured apex of the elytra were absent 

 from the figure and a second dark spot were added between the 

 spot represented on the elytron and the margin. ^.S'. bimaculata, 

 however, is described as having a very difierently sculptured pro- 

 Ihorax {e.g., with an impressed dorsal line, and a fovea near each 

 posterior angle). 



