254 Rev. H. S. Gorham's descriptions of 



Obs. — The species in this section resemble Hydnocera 

 more than their congeners do; they may easily be recog- 

 nized by their three-jointed club of the antennge. 



Lemidia sub-cenea, n. sp. 



Elongata subparallela, eenea vel nigro-violacea sub- 

 nitida, fronte antennis palpis pedibusque pallide flavis. 

 Long. 3 5 lin. 



Head with the eyes very prominent, as wide as elytra ; 

 owing to their size the crown appears somewhat depressed. 

 Thorax uneven, finely but obsoletely punctured, the sides 

 widened and rounded, but not so suddenly as in the pre- 

 ceding. Elytra very finely and closely punctured, not 

 serially, clothed with a fine, short pubescence ; underside 

 of the same colour as above. 



Hab. — New South Wales, Fry ; Tasmania, in my own 

 collection (e Mus. Saunders). 



Obs. — Though the two specimens differ in colour, that 

 fi-om Australia being brassy-green, that from Tasmania 

 black with a violet tinge ; they agree so precisely in details 

 I have no doubt they are one species. 



Eumede (Brnria, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. N. H. xvii. 

 Jan. 1876. The distinction Mr. Pa§coe gives for sepa- 

 rating his type fi^om Lemidia is not very satisfactory. The 

 eye in Lemidia is not really entire, a small sinus close to 

 the base of the antennge being distinctly visible in most 

 species ; and there is nothing in the geographical habitat 

 to preclude the supposition that his species belongs to the 

 present section of Lemidia. Concerning the eye, vide 

 Lac. Genera des Col. IV. 470. 



Lemidia JiUformis , n. sp. 



Prsecedenti affinis sed magis linearis ; elongata, paral- 

 lela, Eeneo-cuprea, subpubescens, fronte, antennis, palpis, 

 pedibusque, rufis ; thoracis disco subrugoso, elytris crebre 

 irregulariter punctatis. 



Long. 2\ lin. 



Head, crown thickly punctured, face red. Thorax with 

 the sides widened in the middle and rounded, but not so 

 strongly as in sub-cenea; about half as wide again as 

 long. Elytra scarcely as wide as the eyes, very parallel 

 and elongate; thickly and evenly punctured, with grey 



