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notched ; basal joint of front tarsi moderately inflated. Length, 

 3-3;^ mm. 



9 . Differs in being more compact, eyes somewhat 

 smaller, abdomen more convex, all femora edentate, and basal 

 joint of front tarsi distinctly smaller. 



Hah. — Queensland : Cairns district (Macleay Museum and 

 A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3433. 



Readily distinguished from pulchella by its larger size, 

 and very different colours and punctures. The head and 

 prothorax som.etimes have a vague greenish gloss; the under- 

 surface and legs are sometimes quite distinctly purplish or 

 purplish-green, but sometimes have but little metallic gloss. 

 The elytral punctures are fairly large, and in conspicuous rows 

 on a shallow depression at the basal fourth ; posteriorly, 

 although still in rows, they become very minute, on the apical 

 slope they are almost invisible, except for a few in the sub- 

 sutural stria (the only one on the slope). The tooth on the 

 Mnd femora of the male is very small, but quite distinct from 

 •certain directions, but the others are edentate. 



SCELODONTA. 



The species ^^v) of this genus have the middle and hind 

 tibiae notched near apex, but the hind ones much less conspicu- 

 ously so than in I^hyjiar'ula ; from which genus also it may be 

 distinguished by all the femora being dentate. ^^^^ There is a 

 curious groove behind each eye. 



ScELODONTA siMONi, Baly. 



pfi Imersfoni , B 1 a ckb . 



PL viii., fig. 106. 



There are in the Museum four specimens of this species 

 from the Northern Territory. Two of these bear the late Rev. 

 T. Blackburn's label, ".^ii/ioni, Baly," and one "Scrlodoiifa ( ?) 

 simoni Baly, var.( ?) -pahnersfoni, Blackb." ; the latter evi- 

 dently the one he commented (^9) upon as having "some rather 

 conspicuous golden spots." These spots, however, appear to 

 be due to grease, or perhaps abrasion, diminishing the gloss of 

 certain parts. On the fourth specimen (recently received from 

 IMr. G. F. Hill, and taken on Melville Island), evidently in 

 perfect condition, and agreeing in sculpture and clothing with 



(57) I am only acquainted Avith Australian ones. 



(58) Baly described simoni as having the four hind femora 

 armed, but he evidently overlooked the small tooth on each of the 

 front ones. 



(59)Proc. Linn. See, N.S.W., 1888, p. 1479. 



