new species of ChridcB. 251 



Lemidia insolata, Pascoe. Journ. of Eut. i. 48 = Calii- 

 merus, id. Cist. loc. cit., p. 67. 



Lemidia xanthozona, Clicv. Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 

 1874, p. 70 = L.accinctus, Newm., 3Ietabasis, Govh. 

 (vide Cliev. Memoire, 1876, p. 7). 



Lemidia pulverosa, Chev., and L. semilutea, Chev., loc. 

 cit. These species from India are no doubt Calli- 

 meri, and not associable Avith Ht/dnocerides. 



Lemidia rufa, n. sp. 



Rufo-tcstacea, capite thoraceqne vix nitidis elyti-is 

 nig-ris subseriatim punctatis subrugosis, basi tenniter, et 

 fasciis duabus nee suturam nee marginem attingentibus 

 (fere ut in Lemidia niteute dispositis), flavis, corpore supra 

 pedibusque setosis. 



Long. 2| lin. 



In form and pattern of the elytra allied to L. nitens, 

 but smaller. 



Hab. — South Australia. 



A single specimen in Mr. Fry's collection. 



Lemidia obliquefasciata, n. sp. 



Nigra, nitida, thorace (disco infuscato), abdomine 

 (apice excepto), pedibus anticis et intermediis, elytris 

 linea parva basali, fascia mediana, sat lata, obliqua, inter- 

 dum etiam macula minuta apicali croccis ; elytris sub- 

 rugose punctatis, punctorum seriebus juxta suturam pau- 

 lulum substriatis. 



Long. 2 1 lin. 



Smaller and narrower than /6'5^2ya,Westw.(Hope), from 

 which the chief points of diffci'cnce are that the fascia is 

 naiTOAver and oblirjuely directed from the margin towards 

 the apex, the apical spot is usually quite wanting, the 

 disk of the thorax has a dark spot; in the more brightly- 

 coloured examples the front and middle legs are entirely 

 yellow, in darker ones all the femora are infuscate. 



Hal). — N. W. Australia, Freemantlc ; coll. Fry and 

 Gorham. 



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