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antennis testaceis ; capite subtilius creberrime punctulato, 

 clypeo antice rotundato-emarginato ; prothorace fortiter sat 

 crebre subrugulose punctulato, fortiter transverse, lateribus 

 sat parallelis, angulis posticis clentatis ; elytris late sulcatis, 

 sulcis intus seriatim granulatis, interstitiis anguste costatis, 

 humeris fortiter spiniformibus. Long., 2J 1. ; lat., 1 1. 

 The hind angles of the prothorax are very peculiar, being 

 strongly dentiform ; behind the tooth-like projection the sides 

 run evenly round hindward, so that the hind part of the pro- 

 thorax is in the form of a distinct wide lobe. 

 N. Territory of S. Australia. 



AXOPLOGXATHUS AUREUS, Wctterll. 



From the "Zoological Record" for 1889, received a few weeks 

 ago, I learn that this species was described in the " Ann. and 

 Mag. of N. Hist." for Oct., 1889. It must be very like (as re- 

 gards size, colour, kc.) my Calloodes Frenchi, described in a paper 

 read before the Linnajan Society of N.S. Wales in March, 1890; 

 but I think the statement in describing A. aureus that its elytra 

 have " only one or two lines of punctures at the sides," and that 

 their "margins are not retlexed in the middle," is conclusive as 

 to the two being distinct. As remarked in a previous paper of 

 this series, I cannot regard Calloodes as really distinct from 

 Anoplognathus, although the name is convenient if it be regarded 

 as that of a subgenus founded on merely superficial characters. 



BUPRESTID.E. 

 CHALCOPHORA. 



C Frenchi, sp. nov. Splendide viridis, cyaneo-micans ; capite 



longitudinaliter excavato et in medio carinato (carina antrior 



sum furcata); prothorace fortiter subcrebre vermiculatm- 



ruguloso, utrinque basi longitudinaliter impresso, linea dor- 



sali irregulari elevata ; elytris costatis fere ut C. sivperhce, 



Saund. (sed costa suturali fere recta, submarginali plane ad 



apicem producta), apice subtruncatis, margine laterali pos- 



tice denticulate, apice suturali spiniformi ; corpore subtus 



crasse ruguloso ; antennis obscure cyaneis, articulis basalibus 



2 viridibus. Long., 22 1. ; lat., 8 1. 



A magnificent species of brilliantly metallic colour, varying 



from green to cyaneous or purple, according to the light in which 



it is looked at. It is nearly allied to suj^erha, Saund., from which 



it differs (apart from colour) as follows : — The prothorax is much 



more closely and evenly vermiculate (almost exactly as in gigas, 



Hope), and has a very distinct longitudinal impression running 



forward from the base a little nearer to the lateral margin than 



to the middle on either side (I do not know any other Australian 



