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TOMYRIS DISTRIBUTA, 11. Sp. 



(S . Golden-red or brassy-red ; head and scutellum 

 metallic-green, labrum and appendages flavous, but tip of 

 antennae and the claws black. Elytra densely clothed with 

 short, pale pubescence, much sparser elsewhere. 



With dense, asperate punctures, slightly larger on head 

 than on prothorax, and becoming much smaller on elytra. 

 Antennae thin, extending almost to tip of abdomen. Pro- 

 thorax with transverse depression distinct. Elytra with a 

 rather distinct depression on each side at about basal third, 

 with vague remnants of striation. Apical segment of 

 abdomen with a conspicuous median fovea. Legs stout; four 

 hind tibiae very conspicuously notched; basal joint of each 

 tarsus distinctly inflated. Length (J, 9)' 4J-5J mm. 



9 . Differs in being more robust, only the front of the 

 clypeus green, antennae shorter, abdomen more strongly 

 convex, fifth segment flat in middle, and basal joint of tarsi 

 smaller. 



Hah. — Victoria: Dividing Range (Blackburn's collec- 

 tion); South Australia: Mount Lofty (J. G. O. Tepper) ; 

 Tasmania: Hobart (H. H. D. Griffith and A. M. Lea). Type,- 

 I. 3237. 



In general appearance close to rasa, but prothorax trans- 

 versely depressed. Two females from the Blue Mountains are 

 rather smaller than usual; one is of a beautiful golden-purple, 

 but the other is of a rather dull purplish bronze. 



TOMYRTS AUREA, n. Sp. 



9 • Golden, becoming golden-red about apex of elytra ; 

 clypeus more or less green in front, under-surface brassy ; 

 labrum and appendages (black tip of antennae excepted) 

 flavous. Elytra densely clothed with short pale pubescence, 

 clothing sparser elsewhere. 



AVith dense, asperate punctures, smaller on elytra than on 

 head and prothorax. Antennae thin, extending to about 

 middle of abdomen. Prothorax with transverse depression 

 distinct, and with remnants of a longitudinal one. Length, 

 2i-3i mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Mount Barker (R. Helms). 

 Type, I. 3484. 



Differs from the species identified as pusilla by the late 

 Rev. T. Blackburn in being narrower, more golden in colour, 

 elytral clothing distinctly shorter (much as on rasa J, and punc- 

 tures different. 



