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Edusa puberula, Boh. 



Typical specimens of this species have the upper-surface 

 entirely green, or golden-green ; occasionally the elytra are 

 golden-green and prothorax green, sometimes the entire upper- 

 surface is more or less brassy. On fresh specimens the sides 

 of the prothorax have a hoary appearance, owing to the 

 clothing there being distinctly paler than on the disc ; on old 

 or greasy specimens, however, this is not so noticeable. Four 

 females from Sydney have the head (except muzzle), prothorax, 

 and elytra of a uniform and beautiful golden-red, and the 

 clothing rather denser than usual. 



Hah. — New South Wales : Sydney, National Park, Shoal- 

 haven, Forest Reefs, Jenolan, Blue Mountains, Mittagong, 

 Galston, Hillgrove, Tamworth, Clarence River : Queensland : 

 Brisbane. 



Edusa aureoviridts, Clark. 



There are two specimens (from Albany and Perth) of a 

 species in the Museum from Blackburn's collection, and bear- 

 ing his name-label, "aureoviridis, Clark" ; but although 

 received by him five years prior to the date of his table they 

 were not included in same, possibly from some doubt as to 

 their identification. They differ from the description in having 

 the elytra fairly densely clothed throughout, not "laevia . . . 

 versus apicem subtiliter pubescentia" ; the elytra as a rule are 

 also but feebly rugose, the punctures being practically all 

 isolated. Till evidence to the contrary is forthcoming, how- 

 ever, I shall regard these specimens as being correctly 

 identified, as possibly the type was somewhat abraded and with 

 stronger sculpture than usual. C^^) The species so identified 

 is widely distributed in Western Australia, and is usually green, 

 but varies to almost entirely golden-red, and golden-violet; 

 some specimens have the head, prothorax, and scutellum more 

 or less golden, and the elytra golden-green. One green male 

 has the elytral pubescence forming fairly distinct stripes, 

 although these are less conspicuous than on Uneata and viridi- 

 collis; a golden female has the stripes still less conspicuous. The 

 front femora have a small tooth at the apex of a widely 

 angulate median portion. The male (I have taken a pair in 

 cop. on the Swan River) differs from the female in having the 

 fourth segment of abdomen depressed in middle, and the fifth 

 with a wide and fairly deep impression ; the basal joint of the 

 four front tarsi is also distinctly inflated. From some direc- 

 tions each of the hind femora appears to have a feeble but 



(72) An abraded male in the Macleay Museum agrees fairly 

 well with the description. 



