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Sp. 1. Micromela cupripennis, n. sp. 



Ovata, convexa, fulva, nitidissima, elytris cupreis, tenuiter 

 punctato-striatis, fL-moribus subcompressis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Ovate, convex, shining fulvous, elytra brigiit cupreous, finely 

 punctate-striate ; thighs slightly compressed. Head finely punc- 

 tured, impressed between the eyes ; antennae rather longer than 

 the thorax, subclavate, joints scarcely flattened, the last ovate, 

 acuminate. Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; the 

 sides rounded, narrowed from base towards the apex, the latter 

 excavated, subsinuate, being feebly produced in the middle, an- 

 terior angles obtuse ; surface smooth and shining, disc impunctate, 

 on the sides are a few subvariolose punctures. Scutellum smooth, 

 triangular, its apex obtuse. Elytra rather wider than the thorax, 

 three times its length, their sides oval, subsinuate ; surface smooth, 

 brilhantly cupreous, finely punctate-striate, the interstices impunc- 

 tate. Beneatii entirely fulvous ; the thighs slightly flattened. 



Melbourne. 



A single specimen of this beautiful insect is in my own Cabinet. 



Appendix. 



Sp, 1 — 2. LamproUna perplcxa, n. sp. 



Elongata, rufa, nitida, thoracis lateribus foveis quatuor, elytris 

 viridi-caeruleis, punctato-striatis, lateribus punctis magnis 

 excavatis. 



Long. 5\ lin. 



Elongate, shining red, elytra bluish green. Head smooth, with 

 a deep triangular impression between the eyes, antennae steel blue. 

 Thorax subquadrate, its sides less narrowed in front than in the last 

 species, the anterior angles rather more produced ; surface smooth, 

 covered with deep remote punctures ; on either side within the 

 margin are two deep foveae. Scutellum smooth. Elytra rather 

 longer, their apex more acutely rounded ; surface shining, finely 

 punctate-striate, at the base and along the sides are placed about 

 ten fovese, deeper, more distinctly defined and smoother within 

 than those in L. ceneipennis ; abdomen and legs red, tibiae (their 

 base excepted) and tarsi black, antipectus acutely toothed. 



Richmond River. 



A single specimen, which I at first overlooked, in the British 

 Museuu). 



