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tlie four outer striae ; the suture, outer margin and a short lon- 

 gitudinal patcli, connected at its base with the inner extremity of 

 the transverse fossa, brassy green. 



Clarence River. Collected by the late Mr. Strange. 



In the British Museum. 



The above description is drawn from a higlily coloured specimen ; 

 the others are paler, and have the green markings less distinct. 



Genus 7. Cyclomela. 



Antennce dimidio corporis vix breviores, subincrassatae, articulis 

 versus apicem graduatim dilatatis, compressis. Palpi ovati, 

 articulo primo miiiuto, secundo tertioque clavatis, penultimo 

 incrassato, ultimo praecedenti breviori, truncato. Unguiculi 

 inermes. Corpus subglobosum ; thorax transversus, apice 

 valde excavatus, postice obtuse productus, subangulatus ; 

 elytra thorace latiora, rotundata, convexa, lateribus basi 

 lobatis ; prosternum carinatum, maris articulo basali tarsorum 

 quatuor anticoruni vix dilatato, pulvillo integro, fcemince 

 pulvillo longitudinaliter diviso. 



I have founded the above genus on a single species from Moreton 

 Bay, remarkable for its subglobose form, lobed epipleurs and the 

 shape of its thorax, which resembles that of certain Dori/phoree. 



Sp. 1. Cyclomela nitida, n. sp. (Plate XIV. fig. 9.) 

 Subglobosa, nitida, picea, capite, thorace pedibusque rubris, 



elytris punctato-striatis, cupreo- vel viridi-seneis. 

 Long. 4^ lin. 



Subglobose, convex, piceous, shining. Head deeply Inserted in 

 the thorax, red, impunctate, impressed between the eyes ; antennae 

 black, the two or three basal joints red, more or less stained with 

 piceous above. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, shining 

 red, impunctate; sides narrowed from the base to the apex, nearly 

 straight behind, slightly rounded in front, tlie anterior margin 

 deeply excavated, its angles produced, obtuse, base obtusely 

 angled in the middle. Scutellum triangular, acute, pitchy red. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, four times its length, very 

 convex; sides lobed at their base, then gradually rounded to the 

 apex, the latter obtusely rounded ; surface shining cupreous or 

 metallic green, regularly punctate-striate, the interstices indis- 



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