412 Miscellaneous. 



distinct projecting angle just below the shoulder, and with 

 the margins at the apical portion strongly and acutely serrate, 

 distinctly punctured, except near the suture at a short distance 

 from the base, the usual cost^e indicated by lines of punctures. 

 The underside of the insect resembles that of Chrysodema 

 radianum, but is more golden, and all the median area is more 

 flattened ; this is particularly noticeable at the inner part of 

 the posterior coxse, whicli forms a more distinct angle with 

 the rest of the coxa. The tarsi are pale rusty yellow. The 

 a])ical segment of the abdomen has a very small acute notch. 



Cyphogastra abdominalis ^ sp. n. 



Viridis, nitida ; thoracis disco utrinque cyaneo suffuso ; elytris sat 

 fortiter piiuctatis, ad apicem lasvioribus, fere nigris, ad latera 

 postice aureo-viridi suffusis, margine ipso cupreo tincto ; corpore 

 subtiis aureo-viridi, lateribus abdomineque Isete cupreia, hoc vittis 

 quatuor sordide albis ornato. 



Long. 13-16 lin. 



Very like C, nigripennis^ Th., but rather broader and more 

 strongly punctured, with the apex of the elytra formed as in 

 C. calepyga, Th. The elytra nearly black, but have a 

 distinct dark blue shade in some lights, the margins more or 

 less green or golden green. The body beneath is green (with 

 the usual yellow powder here and there), with the sides, and 

 especially the abdomen, reddish coppery. 



Two examples show a slight pale bluish-green shade at the 

 suture of the elytra near the apex. Some examples have the 

 metasternum coppery. One specimen has a little green 

 shade on the abdomen. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 Doubly-armoured Herrings. By A. Smith Woobwaed. 



In his studies of the herrings of New South Wales, Mr. J. Douglas 

 Ogilby * has lately made an interesting observation, of which he 

 does not appear to appreciate the significance. In describing a 

 new species, Chijiea sjjrafteUides, from the rivers flowing into Port 

 Jackson and Botany Bay, he remarks that it diifers from all the 



* Records of the Australian Museum, vol. ii. p. 24 (August 1892). 



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