246 Mr. J. S. Baly's Monograph of the 



the puncturing irregular on the sides. Beneath shining red, 

 three basal joints of tarsi pitchy, claws red. 



Northwest coast of x\ustralia. 



Two specimens of this fine insect are in the British Museum. 



Sp. 5. AustraUca macuUcollis, (Boisd.) 



Oblongo-elongata, chalybeata, punctatissima, thorace rubro, 

 punctis tribus nigris; elytris nigro- vel viridi-cyaneis, abdo- 

 minis apice femoribusque rubris. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



ChrTjsomela macuUcollis, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrolabe, 578. 



Oblong-elongate, closely punctured. Head and thorax san- 

 guineous ; a vertical patch on the former and three spots on the 

 latter, black. Head deeply impressed in front, smooth and finely 

 punctured; antennae robust, black, the two basal joints pitchy- 

 red, palpi black. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded 

 in front, narrowed from their base to the apex, anterior margin 

 slightly excavated, its middle feebly produced ; sides closely 

 punctured, disc nearly impunctate ; on the centre is placed a 

 large, round black spot, and on either side, near the outer margin, 

 is a smaller one, the same colour. Scutellum smooth, rounded 

 behind. Elytra scarcely bi'oader than the thorax, three times 

 its length, the sides subovate, gradually rounding from their 

 middle to the apex ; surface shining, dark metallic blue or green, 

 closely punctured, the punctures on the disc irregularly placed 

 in striee. Beneath, with the thorax, the apical segments of ab- 

 domen, and the femora, sanguineous; tibife and tarsi black. 



Melbourne, Mr. Barton ; Tasmania. 

 Common in Collections. 



Sp. G. AustraUca ioptera, n. sp. 



Oblongo-elongata, fulva, fortiter punctata, elytrorum punctis 

 violaceis. 



Long, i — -4^ lin. 



Oblong-elongate, fulvous, coarsely punctured, the elytra covered 

 with deeply impressed iridescent violet punctures. Head closely 

 punctured; jaws and four apical joints of antennae black. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long, its sides parallel behind, narrowed and 

 rounded in front, the anterior margin concave ; surface coarsely 

 and irregularly punctured. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. 

 Elytra parallel, scarcely broader than the thorax, nearly four 



