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card with a f emale^^'^^ ; the latter is somewhat larger, tibial 

 notches less conspicuous, and the upper-surface is entirely of 

 a beautiful golden-red colour. 



TOMYRIS FOVEIVENTRIS, n. sp. 



(S . Bright metallic-green or golden-green ; labrum 

 and appendages (black tip of antennae excepted) flavous. 

 Elytra with rather dense, short, depressed pubescence; sparse 

 elsewhere. 



Head with crowded, subasperate punctures. Antennae 

 long and thin; distinctly passing elytra. Profhorax with 

 postmedian depression distinct ; with dense, clearly defined 

 punctures. Elytra with small, densely crowded punctures, 

 not much larger about base than elsewhere. Fourth and fifth 

 segments of abdomen with a wide median fovea common to 

 both. Length, 3 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Mount Lofty (S. H. Curnow), 

 Kangaroo Island (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3436. 



The prothoracic punctures are coarser than usual, and, 

 although slightly smaller and more crowded in some places, 

 are well defined throughout ; they are alone sufficient to dis- 

 tinguish the species from the male of viridida. The abdominal 

 fovea is not confined to one segment as on the males of most 

 species of the genus. 



TOMYRIS AERATA, n. Sp. 



(S . Brassy; head metallic-green, labrum and appendages, 

 (one or more joints of antennae tipped with black excepted) 

 flavous. Elytra rather densely clothed with short, depressed, 

 whitish pubescence; sparser elsewhere. 



Head with dense, asperate punctures. Antennae moder- 

 ately thin, scarcely passing middle of abdomen. Prothorax 

 with postmedian depression fairly distinct, and with punc- 

 tures much as on head, elsewhere sparser, somewhat larger 

 and usually sharply defined. Eli/tra about base with crowded 

 and rather small punctures, becoming more crowded and 

 smaller posteriorly. Fifth segment of abdomen with a small 

 median fovea. Length ( d" , 9)? 2J-2-| mm. 



9 • Differs in having the head brassy, antennae shorter 

 and more infuscated, and in the abdomen. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Huon River (a pair taken in cop.), 

 Hobart (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3482. 



(67) The specimens are not marked as having been taken in cop., 

 but the late George Masters seldom so marked specimens that he- 

 had so taken. 



