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Readily distinguished from glabra by the punctures. One 

 specimen has the basal joint of the front tarsi more strongly 

 inflated than on another, so it is probably a male, but I 

 have been unable to clean its abdomen sufficiently well to see 

 the apical segment clearly. 



Since the above was written I have seen eight -specimens 

 from New South Wales (Clyde River, Macleay Museum, and 

 Gosford, H. J. Carter), of which four are males, and each 

 of these has a distinct round fovea on the apical segment of 

 abdomen ; a Clyde River female is deep blue, with purple 

 elytra, and legs somewhat infuscated. 



Edusa viridimetallica, n. sp. 



(S . Bright metallic-green; labrum, palpi, antennae (tip 

 excepted), and legs (third tarsal joints and the claws 

 excepted) flavous. tipper-surface glabrous, the under 

 almost so. 



Head with dense punctures of moderate size ; median 

 line rather wide in front, narrow at base; clypeus distinctly 

 notched in front, punctures almost as dense as on rest of 

 head. Prothorax and elytra much as in preceding species. 

 Abdomen with a rather shallow apical fovea. Front femora 

 rather strongly dentate; basal joint of four front tarsi dis- 

 tinctly wider, but not longer than on hind pair. Length, 

 3f-4^ mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Richmond River (British 

 Museum), Albion Park (R. Helms). Type, I. 3459. 



In general appearance strikingly close to the preceding 

 species, and with very similar punctures, but front edge of 

 clypeus distinctly notched, instead of almost perfectly 

 straight. 



Edusa podagrosa, n. sp. 



Bright metallic-green; labrum, palpi (tips excepted), 

 antennae (tips excepted), and legs (an infuscat-e spot with a 

 greenish gloss on each femur excepted) flavous. Glabrous. 



Head with fairly dense, sharply-defined punctures of 

 moderate size, becoming smaller and subconfluent about base, 

 and smaller but not sparser on clypeus ; median line narrowly 

 impressed. Prothorax rather strongly convex, front angles 

 rather feebly produced ; with rather small and moderately 

 dense, but well-defined punctures. Elytra with sides more 

 rounded than usual ; with moderately large and fairly dense 

 punctures on basal half, becoming smaller posteriorly, and 

 nowhere transversely confluent. Flanks of prosternum with 

 numerous distinct but irregularly distributed punctures. 

 Abdomen with a conspicuous apical fovea. Front femora 



