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



tures, placed more irregularly towards the margin. Beneath 

 cupreous, with a brassy green reflection ; apex of abdomen and 

 the legs deep red ; in the last abdominal segment of the male is 

 a large, deep fovea. 



Moreton Bay. The late Mr. Strange ; Mr. Gibbon. 



Common in Collections. 



II. Elytra each with ten rows of punctured strice, the frst 

 abbreviated. 



Sp. 9. Australica pallida, n. sp. 



Oblongo-elongata, flava, antennis nigris, elytris punctato- 

 striatis. 



Long. 4 — 4| lin. 



Oblong -elongate, pale fulvous. Face coarsely punctured' 

 deeply excavated between the eyes, vertex smooth ; antennae 

 longer than the thorax, basal joint pale fulvous, the two or three 

 following pitchy, the rest black. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 narrowed from behind towards the apex, the sides subsinuate, 

 suddenly rounded in front, anterior margin excavated, concave, 

 its angles acute ; disc smooth, in front and along the base are a 

 few fine punctures, the sides subvariolose. Scutellum triangular, 

 smooth. Elytra parallel, scarcely wider than the thorax, three 

 times its length, subsinuate below the shoulders, the apex 

 rounded ; surface distinctly punctate-striate, interstices smooth. 

 Beneath entirely pale fulvous. 



In the British Museum and my own Collection. 



Sp. 10. Australica geniculata, n. sp. 



Oblongo-elongata, flava, antennis, genubus tarsisque nigris, 



elytris punctato-striatis. 

 Long. 4 lin. 



Oblong-elongate, pale fulvous, antennae, knees and tarsi black. 

 Head rather more prominent than usual, smooth and shining, in- 

 distinctly punctured, apex of jaws black ; antennae rather longer 

 than the thorax, the four basal joints pale fidvous. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, its sides rounded, nearly parallel behind, broader 

 and thicker before their middle, narrowed towards the apex, the 

 anterior angles obtuse, front margin slightly concave ; surface 

 convex, smooth and shining, disc finely and sparingly, sides 

 coarsely, punctured. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra subparallel, 

 scarcely wider than the thorax, three times its length, sides 



