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



Sp. 1, Augomela iridea, n. sp. 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, auro-aenea, iridescens, thorace cyaneo 

 marginato, elytris punctato-striatis, margine, sutura vittdque 

 basali obliqud, cyaneis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Ovate, convex, shining golden green, iridescent, elytra punctate- 

 striate, their outer margin, the suture and an oblique vitta at the 

 base, violet blue. Head deep metallic blue, with a golden green 

 reflection, smooth and shining ; antennae black, the basal joints 

 pale fulvous. Thorax three times as bioad as long, its sides 

 rounded and narrowed towards the apex, the latter concave, 

 anterior angles obtuse ; surface deeply and distantly punctured, 

 brassy green, disc golden, the entire limb narrowly edged with 

 metalHc blue. Scutellum smooth, triangular, its apex obtuse. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, more than three times its length, 

 the sides ovate, subsinuate in their middle, "the apex rounded; 

 above convex, with a shallow transverse fossa below the shoulders, 

 regularly punctate-striate, interstices smooth, impunctate ; disc 

 golden, the limb brassy green, the extreme edge of the sutural 

 and outer margins and an oblique longitudinal patch from the 

 base of each elytion, violet blue. Beneath cupreous, the legs 

 pitchy, with a brassy green reflection ; thighs more or less red. 



Sydney, Moreton Bay. Mr. Gibbon. 



In the British Museum, and my own Collection. 



Sp. 2. Augomela pyroptera, n. sp. 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, aurea, iridescens, elytris tenuiter punc- 

 tato-striatis, fascid obliqua transversa antice, maculaque trian- 

 gulari magna post medium, viridi-eeneis. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Ovate, convex, shining golden green, iridescent. Head deeply 

 impressed in front, distinctly punctured, dark metallic green, with 

 a purple reflection ; antennae rather longer than the thorax, black. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, narrowing from 

 their base to the apex, anterior angles subacute, front margin 

 concave ; surface finely and indistinctly punctured, with a few 

 coarse impressions at the base and sides ; disc golden, bordered 

 on the outer margins with brassy green, the extreme base of the 

 thorax and a narrow dorsal line violet blue. Scutellum metallic 

 green, broad, rounded behind, its surface indistinctly punctured. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, scarcely three times its length. 



