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Close to r/racilis, but male as well as female with brassy 

 •elytra, prothorax with sides not subangularly dilated in 

 middle (as they frequently are on that species), and depression 

 and punctures not quite the same. 



TOMYRIS PULCHERRIMA, U. Sp. 



9 . Bright golden-red ; labrum and appendages (tip of 

 antennae and claws excepted) flavous. Clothed with short, 

 depressed, whitish pubescence, denser on elytra than 

 elsewhere. 



Rather narrow; wdth small, dense, asperate punctures, 

 smaller on elytra than elsewhere. Antennae long and thin. 

 Prothorax with transverse depression somewhat curved and 

 very distinct. Elytra with a costiform elevation extending 

 from each shoulder to middle, then abruptly deflected for a 

 short distance towards the side, and then continued to about 

 apical third, when it gradually disappears. Length, 2f mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Swan River (A. M. Lea). 

 Type (unique), I. 3483. 



A small and ver}'' beautiful species, with well-marked 

 features. 



TOMYRIS CURNOWI, n. Sp. 



9 . Brassy or coppery; front of clypeus metallic-green, 

 throat and parts of sterna greenish, labrum and appendages 

 (tip of antennae and claw^s excepted) flavous. Clothed with 

 short, depressed, whitish pubescence, denser on elytra than 

 elsewhere, and on prothorax rather vaguely parted along 

 middle. 



With dense, asperate punctures, smaller on elytra than 

 on head and prothorax. Antennae thin, extending to about 

 middle of abdomen. Prothorax with transverse depression 

 feeble, and with a still more feeble longitudinal one. Length, 

 4-5 mm. 



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

 Yeelanna (W. A. Dorward), Lucindale (F. Seeker). 



The prothorax when viewed obliquely appears to have 

 the pubescence parted in the middle, although not so dis- 

 tinctly as on mediana; from that species also it differs in 

 being narrower, head and prothorax with considerably larger 

 punctures, and prothorax with the transverse depression 

 traceable. 



A specimen from New South Wales (Jenolan, J. C. 

 Wilburd) possibly represents a variety of this species, but as 

 it has some longer hairs scattered amongst the elytral 

 pubescence, it may belong to an, as yet, undescribed one. 



