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the sides, disc remotely punctured in front, more closely and with 

 coarser punctures towards the base. Elytra elongate, nearly four 

 times the length of the thorax, their apex rounded ; surface 

 regularly punctate-striate in front, very finely and irregularly 

 punctured behind, the sides and disc in front with eight deeply 

 excavated round pits, arranged in three rows ; these, together 

 with the suture, cupreous. Beneath, with the thighs and base of 

 tibiae, pitchy red. 



In the Collections of the British Museum and M. Deyrolle. 



Genus 3. Lamprolina. (Details PI, XIV. fig. 2a, 2&, 2c, 2d.) 

 Phyllocharis pars, Boisd., Dejean. 

 Antennce longitudine dimidii corporis, subfiliformes, articulis 

 versus apicem leniter incrassatis. Palpi ovati; articulo basali 

 minimo, secundo et tertio obovatis, penultimo incrassato, 

 ultimo conico truncato. Thorax transverso-quadratus, late- 

 ribus subrectis. Prosternum infra angulatum, antipectore 

 dentato. Unguicidi simplices. Corpus oblongum, nitidum, 

 elytris metallicis. 



This genus, the type of which is Phi/llocharis ceneipennis, 

 Boisd., is distinguished from the last by its subfiliform antennae, 

 simple claws and toothed antipectus ; all the species at present 

 known to me are more or less red, with metallic green or blue 

 elytra; they appear to inhabit the warmer parts of Australia. 



Sp. 1. Lamprolina csneipennis, (Boisd.) 

 Oblongo-ovata, rufa, nitida ; elytris viridi-asneis, thoracis lateri- 



bus foveis quatuor, elytris punctis raagnis excavatis. 

 Long. 4 — 5 lin. 



Phyllocharis ceneipennis, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol., 574. 



Oblong ovate, shining red ; elytra brassy or metallic green. 

 Head with the face deeply impressed in front, surface smooth, 

 antennae steel blue. Thorax subquadrate, narrowly margined, 

 broader than long, its sides nearly straight, narrowed in front, 

 anterior angles acute, front margin concave ; surface smooth, 

 the disc with a few remote punctures ; on either side are two deep 

 excavations, placed just within the margin, the latter slightly 

 thickened. Scutelluni smooth. Elytra rather wider than the 

 thorax at the base, more than three times its length, sides sub- 

 oval, slightly excavated behind the shoulders, the apex acutely 



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