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



tinctly punctured ; on the sides, below the shoulders, are three or 

 four deep foveae. Beneath pitchy, legs red, apex of tibiae pitchy. 



Moreton Bay. Mr, Gibbon. 



Not uncommon in Collections : in the British Museum and my 

 own Cabinet. 



Genus 8. Chalcomela. 



AntetincB subclavatae, thorace vix longiores, articulo basali 

 clavato, tribus proxiniis subfiliformibus, caeteris ad apicem 

 graduatim incrassatis, compressis, 4-10 brevioribus, llmo 

 ovato. Pafpi ovati, articulo primo minuto, secundo tertio- 

 que clavatis, penultimo leniter incrassato, ultimo prsecedenti 

 aequali truncato. Unguiculi non dentati. Corpus metallicum, 

 rotundatum ; thorax transversus, antice excavatus, siiuiaius ; 

 elytra thorace latiores, rotundato-ovata, lateribus sinuatis ; 

 prosternum inerme ; maris articulo basali tarsorum quatuor 

 anticorum vix dilatato, pulvillo integro, fcemince pulvillo 

 longitudinaliter divido. 



The head is less deeply inserted in the thorax than in Cyclo- 

 mela, and the last joint of the palpi, which is short in the latter, 

 here is equal in length to the third. 



Sp. 1. Chalcomela sulcata, n. sp. (Plate XIV. fig. 8.) 



Rotundata, convexa, nitida, viridi-aenea, elytris sulcato-striatis, 

 striis fortiter punctatis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Rotundate, moderately convex above, shining metallic green, 

 with a coppery reflection. Head smooth and shining, deeply 

 grooved between the eyes, on the vertex is a single deep fovea ; 

 antennae black, the four basal joints pitchy. Thorax three times 

 as broad as long; the sides rounded, Tront margin slightly exca- 

 vated, sinuate, the middle slightly produced, anterior angles 

 obtuse, base subsinuate on either side, feebly lobed in the centre ; 

 surface slightly thickened on the sides, covered with distmct deep 

 but scattered punctures. Elytra convex above, broader than the 

 thorax, four times its length ; sides rounded and slightly lobed at 

 the base, sinuate in the middle, then rounded gradually to their 

 apex ; surface sulcate-striate, each stria with a single row of deep 

 punctures, interstices smooth, convex. 



In the British Museum, the Collections of Messrs. Wateriiouse, 

 Sheppard and my own. 



