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Edusa zietzi, n. sp. 



(S . Metallic-green; labrum and appendages reddish, but 

 tip of antennae infuscated. Very sparsely clothed. 



Head with dense but not very large punctures, slightly 

 larger on clypeus than elsewhere ; median line distinct. Pro- 

 thorax about twice as wide as median length, sides strongly and 

 evenly rounded, front angles very feebly armed ; with dense 

 but rather small punctures on disc, becoming crowded but 

 scarcely larger on sides. Elytra short, distinctly wider than 

 base of prothorax, and widest slightly beyond the middle ; with 

 dense and fairly large (but not confluent) punctures behind 

 shoulders, smaller elsewhere, about middle in more or less 

 irregular subgeminate rows, towards suture on apical slope 

 confined to fairly deep striae. Flanks of prosternum glabrous 

 and with fairly large punctures. A hdomen with a small, cir- 

 cular apical fovea. Legs stout ; front femora lightly dentate ; 

 tibiae dilated to apex and almost vertical there ; basal joint of 

 four front tarsi inflated. Length, 3j-3| mm. 



9 . Differs in the abdomen and tarsi. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Clarence River (A. and F. R. 

 Zietz), Grafton (H. J. Carter, from S. Jackson). Type, 

 I. 3587. 



A rather small, compact green species, with unusually 

 thick legs. The three specimens before me at first appear to 

 have the upper-surface quite glabrous, but on close examina- 

 tion some extremely fine and sparse pubescence may be seen at 

 the apex and sides of elytra, and some more distinct (but still 

 very fine) on the head and sides of prothorax. The tooth of 

 the front femora is small, but, as from certain directions it is 

 distinct, the species has been referred to DD in the table. The 

 male has the under-surface not much darker than the upper, 

 but in the females it is brassy. 



Edusa makginicollis, n. sp. 



Bright metallic-green, in places with a brassy or brassy- 

 red gloss ; under-surface mostly brassy, labrum, palpi (tips 

 excepted), and legs more or less reddish. 



Head with dense, sharply-defined punctures of moderate 

 size, becoming somewhat larger between eyes, and smaller on 

 clypeus; median line absent. Prothorax with sides evenly 

 rounded ; with dense and not very large, but sharply-defined 

 punctures, becoming crowded on sides. Elytra suboblong, 

 rather narrow ; with dense punctures of moderate size from 

 near base to beyond the middle frequently transversely con- 

 fluent; apical slope with smaller punctures, and with distinct 

 subsutural striae. Length, 4 J mm. 



