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dimidia apicali nigris ; capite levi inter oculos transversim 
sulcato; antennis quam corporis dimidium paullo longioribus, 
articulis 3° 4° que inter se sat eequalibus ; prothorace quam 
longiori plus quam duplo latiori, transversim quadrato, vix 
perspicue punctulato, lateribus leviter rotundatis ; elytris 
subtiliter minus crebre punctulatis. Long., 24 1.; lat., 141. 
(vix). 
The markings on the elytra of this species seem to be very 
different from those of the previously described ones. 
N. Queensland ; sent to me by Mr. Masters. 
S. speciosa, sp. nov. Elongato-ovalis; minus parallela; modice 
convexa ; nitida ; testacea, abdomine (basi apiceque exceptis) 
obscuro, elytris (basi et marginis lateralis parte antica 
exceptis) violaceis; capite levi inter oculos transversim 
suleato ; antennis quam corporis dimidium sat longioribus, 
articulis 3° 4° que inter se sat zequalibus ; prothorace quam 
longiori vix duplo latiori, postice subangustato, vix perspicue 
punctulato, lateribus sat rotundatis; elytris paullo pone 
basin transversim impressis, vix punctulatis sed sparsim 
leviter granulatis. Long., 3 1.; lat., 1) 1. 
Probably near S. violaceipennis, Jac, but differing from it 
inter alia by the flavous base (and front part of the sides) of its 
elytra and its yellow scutellum. 
N. Queensland ; sent to me by Mr. Masters. 
HALTICODES (gen nov. Halticitarwm). 
Corpus oblongo-ovale, modice convexum ; antenne 11-articulate, 
sat approximate, filiformes, quam corporis dimidium vix vel 
paullo longiores, minus robustz, articulo 1° minus elongato, 
2° brevi, 3° quam 1* sublongiori,4° quam 3° paullo breviori ; 
prothorax transversus, mox ante basin transversim sulcatus, 
sulco utrinque (sat longe a margine laterali) in basin 
recurvato ; scutellum magnum triangulare; elytra quam 
prothorax manifeste latiora, confuse punctulata, marginibus 
lateralibus sat latis, epipleuris horizontalibus fere ad apicem 
continuata; pedes modici; tibize anteriores 4 brevissime, 
postice sat breviter, mucronate, his fere cylindricis ; femora 
postica sat incrassata subtus canaliculata ; tarsi postici sat 
elongati quam tibize dimidium sat longiores, articulo basali 
2° 3° que conjunctis quilongo, ultimo haud _inflato ; 
unguiculi appendiculati; cox antice sat elevate, postice 
apertee ; mesosternum sat magnum. 
I cannot find that any genus has been characterised to which 
it is possible to refer the species for which I propose this name. 
Its facies is altogether that of Haltica to which genusit is ex- 
