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times its length ; covered with deeply impressed, iridescent 

 violet punctures, arranged in striae near the suture, irregular over 

 the rest of the surface. 



Adelaide, Mr. Wilson ; Melbourne, Mr. Barton. 



In most Collections. 



Sp. 7. Auslralicn Julvilahris, (Germ.) 

 Oblongo-elongata, viridiaenea, labro, antennarum basi pedi- 



busque fulvis, thorace lateribus varioloso-punctato, elytris 



striatis, striis confuse punctatis. 

 Long. 2| lin. 



Chrysomela fulvilabris, Germ. Lin. Ent., 3, 238. 



Oblong-elongate, convex, shining metallic green, the palpi, 

 labrum, five basal joints of antennae and legs fulvous. Head 

 punctured ; antennae rather longer than the thorax, six terminal 

 joints black. Thorax twice as broad as long, its sides rounded 

 and narrowed in front, anterior margin concave ; disc firmly and 

 remotely, sides variolose-punctate, Scutellum triangular, smooth. 

 Elytra a little broader than the thorax, three times its length, 

 substriate, striae irregularly punctured. Body beneath shining 

 blue ; legs fulvous, tibiae slightly rounded, unguicidi short, ob- 

 soletely toothed. 



Adelaide, Mr. Wilson. 



Common in Collections. 



Sp. 8. Australica rujtceps, (Boisd.) 

 Oblongo-elongata, nitida, cupreo-aenea, punctis minutis con- 



spersa, capite pedibusque rubro-ferrugineis. 

 Long. 3 — i lin. 



Chrysomela riificeps, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrolabe, 578. 

 Oblong-elongate, shining cupreous, covered with minute brassy 

 green punctures, head and legs deep red. Head closely punctured ; 

 antennee red, the four or five terminal joints sometimes pitchy, 

 apex of jaws black. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 rounded on the sides, narrowed in front, the anterior margin 

 deeply concave; surface covered with fine brassy green punc- 

 tures, more crowded and deeply impressed at the sides. Scutel- 

 lum smooth, impunctate. Elytra parallel in front, rather broader 

 than the thorax, more than three times its length, the apex 

 gradually rounded, sides slightly sinuate behind the shoulders; 

 above convex, slightly excavated towards the outer border in 

 front, surface covered with numerous rows of brassy green punc- 



