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scutello vix punctulato ; elytris quam prothorax tertia parte 

 latioribus, fere ut E. chrysnrcB sculpturatis sed paullo minus 

 crasse ; prosterno et mesosterno inter coxas minus latis. 

 Mas. latet. Long., 3^ 1. ; lat., If 1. 



Very distinct by the front margin of the prothorax being abso- 

 lutely without sinuation, even at its outer extremities. In the 

 absence of the male I cannot be certain that this species should 

 be placed in this section. 



Australia ; I do not know the exact habitat of this species. 

 E. Froggatti, sp. nov. Minus elongata ; nitida ; sparsim pilosa, 

 pilis in elytris haud fasciculatis ; supra hete metallica, colore 

 fere ut E. chrysurcG sed tibiis apice vix infuscatis et anten- 

 narum articulis omnibus (basin versus utique) testaceis vel 

 piceo-testaceis ; prothorace quam longiori circiter dimidio 

 latiori, fortiter minus crebre punctulato, lateribus sat 

 lortiter rotundatis, margine antico ad latera sinuato in medio 

 antrorsum late fortiter convexo, basi bisinuato, angulis 

 anticis distinctis posticis certo adspectu dentatis ; scutello 

 haud punctulato elytris fere ut E. chrysurce (sed manifeste — 

 prsesertim postice — minus crasse) sculpturatis ; prosterno et 

 mesosterno inter coxas sat latis ; femoribus posticis vix 

 dentatis. 

 Mas. latet. Long., 3| 1. ; lat., If 1. 



The laevigate nitid scutelkim furnishes a very distinctive char- 

 acter. 



N.S. Wales ; taken by Mr. Froggatt in the Blue Mountains. 

 E. spinicollis, sp. nov. Ovalis ; nitida ; sparsim pilosa, pilis in 

 elytris fasciculatis ; supra Isete metallica ; colore ut 

 E. chrysur<jB ; prothorace quam longiori dimidio latiori, 

 antice leviter angustato, crebre rugosule punctulato et 

 trans versim sat fortiter strigato, lateribus regulariter 

 rotundatis, basi margineque antico bisinuatis, angulis an- 

 ticis spiniformibus posticis obtusis ; scutello sat fortiter 

 punctulato ; elytris fere ut prothorax sculpturatis sed magis 

 fortiter transversim rugatis ; prosterno et mesosterno inter 

 coxas valde latis. 

 Mas. Tarsorum anticorum et intermediorum articulo basali 

 modice dilatato ; abdomine haud pilis erectis vestito, seg- 

 mento basali in medio elevato planato, parte planata sub- 

 tilissime transversim strigata ; tibiis posticis apice minus 

 fortiter incurvis. Long., 3^1, ; lat., If 1. 

 Extremely like the species which I take to be E. varipeSy 

 Boisd. ; indeed, I regard it as possibly an extreme Alpine form 

 of that insect, which differs from the present one by its entirely 

 testaceous antennae, and its legs also testaceous, except the infus- 



