new species of Cleridce. 257 



small apical spot yellow, with a rosy tint. Legs entirely 

 yellow. 



The variety is larger, thorax with the disk only infus- 

 cate, the elytra nearly entirely pale, the punctuation not 

 so distinct, and is probably not so matured an individual. 



Hah. — Australia, Freemantle ; coll. Gorham. 



Lemidia plumhea, n. sp. 



Elongata, subcylindrica, nigro-plumbea, fronte, palpis 

 labialibus, femorum basi, tibiis, tarsisque rufis, elytris sub- 

 nitidis, confuse crebre punctatis. 



Long. 3f lin. 



Leaden-black, elongate, thickly clothed with grey pile, 

 thorax and head with erect seta3, antenna3 and maxillary 

 palpi fuscous, front of the head, labial palpi, base of the 

 femora, tibife, and tarsi red, the apex of the hind tibia3 

 and their tarsi being pitchy. Sides of the thorax mode- 

 rately rounded and narrowed behind, the constricted lines 

 hardly apparent; disk irregularly punctured, the width 

 equal to the head, length half as much more. Elytra 

 thickly and irregularly punctured, widened behind, mode- 

 rately convex. Underside black. 



Uab.—S. Australia ; coll. Fry. 



Obs. — Though abnormally convex, and more pubescent 

 than usual in this genus, and larger than any other known 

 to me, there are no differences Avhich would warrant its 

 generic separation. The palpi, antennae and tarsi are 

 perfectly agreeable to those of X. nitens, and it is not 

 very dissimilar to the species of the subcenea and pilosa 

 group. 



IsOLEMiDiA, genus novum. 

 Type, /. puldiella. 



Hob. — Americam australem, Amazonia. 



Caput prothorace latiore, oculis magnis prominentibus, 

 minute excavatis; antennis quasi Le7Jiidia^,c\ii\a. triarticu- 

 lata ; palpis maxillaribus apicc truncate, subfiliformibus, 

 lal)ialibus securiformi. 



Pronotum subcylindricum, antice et postice constrictum, 

 lateribus medio lobato-dilatatis. 



Elytra, apice truncate (pulchelloi) vel integro. 



Tarsis quinque-articulatis, articulo basali obsolcto, 

 secundo articulum primuni ubtcgente. 



