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TOMYRIS GRACILICORNIS, 11. Sp. 



d . Golden-red ; clypeus golden, labrum and appendages 

 (parts of antennae excepted) flavous. Densely clothed with 

 short, depressed, pale pubescence. 



Long and thin. With dense, asperate punctures, smaller 

 on elytra than on head and prothorax. Antennae unusually 

 long and thin. rrotJiorax with transverse depression distinct. 

 Fifth segment of abdomen with a deep, transverse, median 

 fovea. Length, 2|-2g mm. 



Hah. — South Australia (Macleay Museum) : Kangaroo- 

 Island. Type, I. 3260. 



A minute, narrow species, with unusually long antennae 

 and legs, and very prominent eyes; in colour it resembles 

 puhherrima. The four basal joints of antennae are entirely 

 pale, the others are infuscated at their tips. 



TOMYRIS SIMILIS, 11. Sp. 



Brassy; under-surface brassy-green; labrum and append- 

 ages (tips of some of the antennal joints excepted) flavous. 

 Rather densely clothed with short, pale, depressed, whitish 

 pubescence. 



Head with small, dense, asperate punctures. Antennae 

 thin, extending to middle of abdomen. Prothora.x with fairly 

 distinct punctures about apex, but elsewhere much as on head ; 

 transverse depression feeble and ill-defined. Elytra with very 

 dense and small punctures, a few more distinct (but not very 

 large) towards base. Length, 3 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Rockhampton (A. M. Lea). Type 

 (unique), I. 3435. 



From queen^landlca differs in being more brassy, in the 

 paler legs, in the elytral punctures being smaller, and those 

 at apex of prothorax more distinct ; the depression across the 

 prothorax is also traceable, although rather feeble, but as the 

 punctures are denser there than on the adjacent parts it is 

 rendered fairly distinct. The small, shining spaces near the- 

 clypeus, in some lights, appear like small, beautifully purple 

 spots. 



TOMYRIS IRRASA, n. Sp. 



9 • Purple ; scutellum and front of clypeus brassy-green, 

 under-surface metallic-blue, becoming golden-green on flanks 

 of prosternum ; labrum and appendages flavous, but tips of 

 palpi, of some joints of antennae, and the tarsi, lightly or 

 moderately infuscated. With short, moderately dense, \\\h- 

 erect pubescence, becoming extremely short on head and pro- 

 thorax, but depressed on under-surface. 



