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9 Differ? in being; slig;htlv more robust, elytra less narrowed posteriorly, 

 legs somewbat sliorter and thinner, and abdomen foveate. 



Hab. New Soutb ^^'ales : Blue Mountains (Dr. E. W. Ferguson). Jenolan 

 (J. C. Wiburd). Mount Victoria (.-\. M. Lea) : \'ictoria : Dividing Range (Black- 

 burns' collection). Type, I. 10999. 



Tbe distance between the eyes of the male is about equal to the length of the 

 basal joint of antennae, in tbe female it is about one-third more: tbe prothoracic 

 punctures are decidedly small and could fairlv be regarded as minute on most 

 specimens : tbe interstices between tbe lateral striae of tbe elytra are wider than 

 usual : it is slightly more oblong than P. lobiafits. and without bluish or greenisli 

 gloss, inter-ocular space of female much narrower, and with denser and coarser 

 puncttires ; D. carbonarhts has coarser prothoracic punctures and eyes more apart : 

 D. frontalis is very close in appearance, but is somewhat more rounded and eyes 

 more distant; D. melasomxs also differs in the eyes; D. uitiduloidcs lias the head 

 sbagreened ; at first glance specimens biok like large ones of sohriiiiis. but the 

 eves are close togetlier, the punctures are somewhat dift'erent and the legs are 

 entirely dark. 



DITROPIDUS VIRIDIMICANS sp. nov. 



Bright coppery-green., some parts with purple or vic^k't reflections; under- 

 surface black with a slight metallic gloss, labrum. basal half of antennae ("club 

 more or less deeply infuscated). and base of front and of middle femora more or 

 less reddish. Length (8 9)- 3-4 mm. 



Hab. New .South Wales: Blue Mountains (Dr. F.. W. Ferguson). Jenolan 

 (J. C. Wiburd). Tllawarra (H. W. CoxV Sydney (A. M. Lea) ; Victoria: Divid- 

 ing Range (Blackburn's collection). Type, L T0900. 



The sculpture, sex for sex. is as described in the preceding species, but the 

 male has even more parallel-sided elytra, and on the apical segment of its abdomen 

 there is a shallow glabrous impression ; the female in sculpture is practically 

 identical. The clothing is also the same, but the general appearance is very 

 different, owing to the brilliantly metallic upper-surface ; on some specimens the 

 head appears to be entirely purple, but from most directions the purple seems 

 divided by a triangular green space: the prothorax and elytra, wholly or in part- 

 sometimes the punctures only, appear purple from some directions. Tt is near 

 D. SKbaciiciis, of which I ba\-e only seen females, but is more briglitlv metallic, 

 prothoracic punctures smaller, cephalic ones larger, median line of bead less 

 pronounced, eyes of female less apart, and under-snrface less sparsely clothed; it 

 is also somewhat like D. leiitidus, on a large scale, but is more briglitlv metallic, 

 under-surface with longer clothing and punctures not quite the same. 



