158 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



exceptis, iiigris; elytris vii-idi-CEeruleis^ metallicis, sub- 

 striatim punctatis. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Mab. — Australia, Rockhampton^ 



Vertex smooth, impunctate; encarpfe ill-defined, linear, 

 oblique, not contiguous ; carina obsolete ; eyes and apex of 

 jaws black; antennse half the length of the body, four lower 

 joints flavo-testaceous, the fifth piceous, the rest black. 

 Thorax nearly three times as broad as long ; sides rounded, 

 nearly parallel, all the angles produced slightly outwards, 

 acute; upper surface convex, minutely punctured, sides 

 thickened; anterior border impressed on either side, at 

 some distance from the lateral margin, with a short notch. 

 Elytra more strongly punctured than the thorax, punctures 

 on the outer disk arranged in double strige; interspaces 

 impressed with punctures of equal size to those on the 

 striae, rendering the latter obscure; on the outer side, 

 near the lateral margin, are three or four slightly-raised 

 vittEe. 



Genus Arsipoda, Erichs. 

 Arsipoda li(£.matodera, 

 Elongato-ovata, modice convexa, nigra, nitida, thorace 

 Itevi, rufo-testaceo, pedibus piceis; capite (antennis ex- 

 ceptis), scutello elytrisque nigro-teneis ; his confuse, 

 tenuiter punctatis. 

 Long. ^\ lin. 

 Hah. — Western Australia, Swan River. 



Head with the vertex shining, very finely wrinkled, 

 front separated on either side from the lower face by an 

 oblique groove; encarpse oblong, oblique, ill-defined, not 

 contiguous ; carina broad, scutate, sides of the clypeus 

 obscure rufous ; aritenuEe half the length of the body, four 

 lower joints rufous, stained above with piceous; jaws and 

 labrum also piceous. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 as long; sides straight and parallel at the base, rounded 

 and converging in front, hinder angles rectangular, acute, 

 the anterior ones thickened, obtuse ; upper surface trans- 

 versely convex, smooth and shining, faintly impressed with 

 minute shallow punctures, only visible in certain lights 

 under a strong lens; basal groove obsolete. Scutellum 

 trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, at- 

 tenuated towards the apex ; surface faintly wrinkled, finely 

 punctured ; on the middle disk are some faint traces of 



