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



Sp. 1. Stethomela suhmetallica, Chevr. 



Oblonga, convexa, nitida, rubra, elytris cupreo-aeneis, tenuiter 

 punctato-striatis, lateribus infra humei'os transversim ex- 

 cavatis. 



Long. 4^ — 5 lin. 



Var. A. Cuprea, capitis vertice scutelloque rnbris. 



Var. B. Supra pallida viridi-aenea, infra flava. (Plate XIV. 

 fig. 5.) 



Oblong, shining red, elytra cupreous, finely punctate-striate. 

 Head deeply impressed between the eyes, the vertex sparingly punc- 

 tured ; jaws and antennae (the 2 — 4 basal joints excepted) black. 

 Thorax narrowly margined, twice as broad as long, its sides parallel 

 behind, narrowed and rounded in front, anterior margin concave ; 

 surface red, coarsely but distantly punctured, more crowded on 

 the sides, the latter stained with metallic brown, which often ex- 

 tends considerably over the disc Scutellum narrow, triangular. 

 Elytra bright olive green, shining, convex, broader than the 

 thorax and three times its length ; surface finely punctate-striate, 

 the punctures irregularly placed on the striae ; below the shoulders 

 is a short, deep, transverse fossa, near the inner extremity of which 

 is a single deep impression. Beneath shining red ; prosternal ridge 

 terminating in an obtuse tooth, which is produced beyond the 

 antipectus. 



Var. A. Above cupreous, the vertex and scutellum pitchy red. 

 Var. B. Above pale metallic green, beneath yellow. 



Moreton Bay. 



In the Collection of Mr. Waterhouse, also in my own Cabinet. 



Sp. 2. Stethomela prasina, n. sp. 



Oblonga, nitida, supra pallide viridis, infra flava, elytris tenuiter 

 punctato-striatis, lateribus infra humeros, punctis nonnullis 

 magnis excavatis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Very closely allied to the last species, somewhat larger, paler 

 and without metallic tinge. Above light grass green, the lower 

 portion of the face and antennae pale yellow. The sides of the 

 thorax less parallel and more rounded in front; its surface rather 

 less convex, more closely punctured, and with a large shallow foveae 

 on either side ; paler in colour than the elytra, the disc being 



