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ticis apice nlgro-piceis ; thorace transversim strigoso ; 

 elytris crebre tenuiter pimctatis, pone medium sulcis 

 longitudinalibus nonnullis obsoletis impressis; interstitiis 

 hie illie leviter rugoso-retieulatis. 



Long. If lin. 



Hah. — Western Australia, Nicliol's Bay. 



Eyes lai'ge, subreniform, their apices nearly contiguous; 

 encarpre small, Avell defined, subrotundate-ovate, conti- 

 guous ; carina obsolete ; antennss nearly half the length 

 of the body, three outer joints black, the rest fulvous. 

 Thorax more than three times as broad at the base as 

 long ; basal margin faintly bisinuate on either side ; lateral 

 margin converging and slightly roimded from base to 

 apex, the hinder angles produced backwards, acute, the 

 anterior obtuse ; upper surface transversely convex, rather 

 closely covered with short transverse impressed strigfe, 

 separated on the medial line by a row of perpen- 

 dicular strigas, which obliquely diverge on either side 

 and gradually merge into the transverse grooves ; surface 

 close to the lateral border finely punctured. Scutellum 

 smooth, trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, convex, impressed on the hinder disk with a few 

 faint but broad longitudinal strig^e ; surface closely punc- 

 tured, interspaces here and there finely rugose-reticulate. 



Genus PsYLLiODES, Latr. 

 Psylliodes Chapuisii. 



Elongato-ovata, postice attenuata, convexa, nitida, supra 

 metallico-ccerulea, subtus picea; pedibus obscure fulvis, 

 soepe piceo-tinctis ; antennis pallide fulvis, extrorsum 

 nigris ; thorace sat fortiter punctato ; elytris fortiter 

 punctato-striatis, interspatiis leviter convexiusculis, ad 

 latera convexis. 



Long. 1^ — 2 lin. 



Hah. — Tringanee. 



Vertex and front thickened, the former nearly smooth, 

 impunctate, the latter impressed immediately above its 

 bilobate lower margin with a large deep fovea; lower part 

 of face obscure piccous, Avith a faint metallic reflexion ; en- 

 cai'pfc obsolete ; carinas obcuncate ; antcnnai half the 

 length of the. body, five lower joints fiilvous, the rest black ; 

 second joint slender, rather larger than the basal one. 



