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D. g. This would appear to be a thoroughly untrust- 

 worthy character, but it is quite distinctive of six specimens 

 that I refer to the species, and all'of the eighteen specimens 

 belonging to D. gg. have the elytra of a uniform shade through- 

 out; moreover, where (as on some of the larger species) the 

 elytra are partly brassy and partly green, it is the sutural 

 portion that is green. 



D. h. The characters given for D. h. and D. hh. are 

 sujficient to distinguish the specimens before me, but it is 

 doubtful if they can be maintained when many are known, 

 although (with the exception of inermis) I have not less than 

 five of each to judge from. 



F. rr. Avreoviridis would possibly have been tabled by 

 Blackburn as having the ''anterior femor^ widely angulate 

 but not with a distinct tooth." 



FF. These hairs or setae are usually more distinct towards 

 the base and apex than in the middle. 



K. This is especially evident on fresh specimens. 



M. In Blackburn's table suaveola and perplexa were first 

 noted (D.D.D.) as having* ''anterior femora with a well- 

 defined tooth," and later (I.), "tooth on anterior femora ex- 

 ceptionally small." As a matter of fact, the tooth itself, 

 although small, forms the pinnacle of an angular enlargement 

 of the femur, so that it is very conspicuous. 



Edusa viridicollis, Lef. 



A very beautiful but variable species, with shagreened 

 head and prothorax. These on the commoner forms are green, 

 or coppery-green, or blue ; on such specimens the elytra are 

 brassy, or brassy-green, or brassy-red or purplish. But on 

 many specimens the whole of the upper-surface is more or less 

 brassy, or purplish, or brassy with purplish reflections. On 

 the elytra there are numerous long hairs scattered about, and 

 the pubescence has a distinctly lined appearance. On fresh 

 specimens each elytron is seen to have eight lines (indistinct, 

 however, towards the base), the first and eighth are joined at 

 the apex, the second joins the third at about one-fourth from 

 the apex, and later these join the conjoined fourth and fifth, 

 and still later the conjoined sixth and seventh ; a slight amount 

 of abrasion, however, renders the junctions inconspicuous. On 

 the prothorax a feeble remnant of a median carina is occa- 

 sionally traceable. 



Edusa germari, Lef. 



Two specimens from Wellington (New South Wales) 

 probably belong to this species, the type of which was evidently 

 a female. The hind femora are angularly inflated, but scarcely 



