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cate apex of the tarsi, as well as by its prothorax very evidently 

 wider at the base as compared with the width of the base of the 

 elytra. E, varipes (?) moreover is nearly always of an obscure 

 brassy colour above, whereas all the examples I have seen of the 

 present species are bright blue or green, or coppery red. I may 

 add that the description of E. varipes is so defective that it is 

 little more than a guess to attribute any insect to it. The brassy 

 colour and fasciculated elytral pilosity are the only distinctive 

 characters mentioned, and the colour of the legs and antennae, 

 the size, and the sexual characters are all omitted. E. varipes ij) 

 is found in N.S. Wales. 



Victoria ; in the Alpine district. 

 E. distincta, sp. no v. Modice elongata ; nitida ; sparsim pilosa, 

 pilis in elytris fasciculatis ; supra la?te metallica ; colore ut 

 E. chrysiircs sed pedibus (tarsis apicem versus exceptis) an- 

 tennisque (articulis 1° supra ceterisque ad apicem summum, 

 exceptis) testaceis ; prothorace quam longiori fere duplo 

 l?ttiori, antice leviter angustato, fortius minus crebre punc- 

 tulato, lateribus leviter arcuatis, basi valde (margine antico 

 leviter) bisinuata, angulis omnibus distinctis vix acutis ; 

 scutello punctulato ; elytris crebre fortiter punctulatis et 

 fortiter transversim rugatis (fere ut E. chrysurcB). 

 Mas. Latet. 



Much like E. varians, but distinguished ijifer alia by its 

 flavescent femora, very strongly transverse prothorax, and much 

 more roughly punctured elytra. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 

 E. minor, sp. nov. Modice elongata ; nitida ; sparsim pilosa, 

 pilis in elytris haud fasciculatis ; supra hete metallica, colore 

 fere ut E. chrysurcp sed tibiis apice vix inf uscatis ; prothorace 

 quam longiori paullo plus tertia parte latiori, cetera ut 

 E. Froggatti ; scutello obscure punctulato ; elytris fere ut 

 E. chrysurcB sed postice minus fortiter sculpturatis ; pro- 

 sterno et mesosterno inter coxas sat latis ; femoribus pos- 

 ticis vix dentatis. 

 Mas. Fere ut E. chrysurce, sed segmento basali ventrali in 

 medio haud elevato, tibiis posticis apice haud intus curvatis 

 Femina latet. Long., 2f 1. ; lat., Ifl. 



Very like E. Froggatti, but considerably smaller, with the 

 prothorax less transverse, and the front part of the elytra very 

 much more roughly sculptured ; the sexual characters of the 

 male also are probably different. 



S. Australia. 

 ^. cenea, sp. nov. Oralis; sat parallels; pube grisea vestita, 

 hac in elytiis circiter 6-seriatim lonoritudinaliter disposita ; 



