256 Mr. J. S. Baly's Moyiograph of the 



Sp. 4. Augomela pretiosa, n. sp. 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, viridi-senea, iridescens, elytris punctato- 

 striatis, intersticiis laevibus, impunctatis, pedibus fusco- 

 violaceis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Ovate, convex, shining, dark metallic green. Head with a 

 violet iridescence, deeply impressed between the eyes ; antennae 

 black, rather longer than the thorax, the four basal joints pale 

 piceous. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long, the sides 

 rounded, narrowed towards the apex, anterior angles acute, the 

 front margin concave ; surface smooth and shining, disc dis- 

 tantly, the sides more closely punctured. Scutellum smooth, 

 triangular. Elytra more than three times the length of the 

 thorax, their sides ovate, sinuate behind the shoulders, the apex 

 obtusely rounded ; surface brassy green, with a violet blue iri- 

 descence, regularly punctate-striate, interstices smooth, impunc- 

 tate, below the shoulders is a deep transverse fossa, extending 

 across the four outer striae. Beneath dark fuscous, tinged with 

 violet blue, sternum bright metallic green ; legs violet brown, the 

 femora tinged with brassy green. 



Adelaide. 



A single specimen in my own Collection. 



Sp. 5. Augomela elegans, n. sp. 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, rubro-senea, capite thoracisque margine 

 viridi-aeneis ; elytris tenuiter punctato-striatis, suturd, margine 

 fossdque transversa infra humeros, viridi-aeneis. 



Long. 2| — 3 lin. 



Ovate, convex, shining coppery red ; the head, margin of thorax, 

 the suture, outer border of elytra, and a transverse fossa below 

 the shoulders of the latter, bright metallic green. Head smooth, 

 vertex brassy green. Thorax three times as broad as long, the 

 sides rounded, narrowed in front, the anterior margin concave ; 

 surface smooth and shining, coppery red, the extreme margin 

 brassy green ; on the disc are a few single punctures, which are 

 rather more crowded on the sides. Scutellum smooth, triangular. 

 Elytra convex, scarcely wider than the thorax, three times its 

 length, the sides ovate, sinuate below the shoulders, their apex 

 rounded ; surface shining, regularly punctate-striate, below the 

 shoulders is a deep transverse brassy green fossa, extending across 



