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TOMYRIS TANTILLA, n. Sp. 



d . Golden-green, becoming vividly green on head and 

 brassy on parts of elytra ; under-surf ace more or less brassy ; 

 labrum and appendages flavous, but tips of five or six apical 

 joints of antennae blackish. Elytra with rather dense short 

 pubescence, and with more or less regular rows of longer 

 hairs; elsewhere more sparsely clothed. 



Rather elongate. Head with crowded asperate punc- 

 tures. Antennae long and thin, extending almost to apex of 

 abdomen. Prothorax with a moderately distinct transverse 

 subbasal impression, on which the punctures are much as on 

 the h'ead, but in front they are sparser and more clearly 

 defined. Elytra with much smaller punctures. Fifth seg- 

 ment of abdomen with a small median fovea. Length {6 ■, 9 )j 

 2-2f mm. 



9 . Differs in being slightly larger and stouter, nearly 

 always brassy, or at least with the elytra brassy, antennae 

 shorter, abdomen more convex and non-foveate. 



Hah. — Western Australia : Darling Ranges, Donny- 

 brook, Beverley (A. M. Lea), Swan River (H. J. Carter), 

 Fremantle (British Museum). Type, I. 3476. 



The punctures on the elytra are so small, crowded, and 

 ill-defined (in addition to being partially obscured by 

 clothing) that most of the surface apears little more than 

 shagreened. This species may be the real ptisilJa ; but, till 

 evidence to the contrary is forthcoming, it appears desirable 

 to recognize, as that species, the one identified by Blackburn 

 as such. The present species is certainly different to the one 

 he so identified, but the original description would apply 

 almost equally well to several species before me. 



TOMYRIS TEPPERI, n. Sp. 



9 . Bronzy, or of a purplish-bronze, or brassy, tip of 

 clypeus bright-green ; under-surface more shining than upper, 

 labrum and appendages (black tip of antennae excepted) 

 flavous. Elytra with dense, depressed pubescence, and with 

 almost regular rows of conspicuous hairs, elsewhere more 

 sparsely clothed. 



With dense asperate punctures, somewhat smaller on 

 parts of elytra than on head and prothorax. Antennae thin, 

 •extending to about middle of abdomen. Prothorax with a 

 rather vague, postmedian, transverse depression, and a still 

 more vague longitudinal one. Length, 4-4^ mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Kangaroo Island (J. G. O. 

 Tepper); Victoria: Birchip (J. C. Goudie's No. 126). Type, 

 I. 3248. 



