230 



Head with rather small and shallow punctures ; median 

 line feebly impressed towards base, and dilated (but very- 

 shallow) in front ; clypeus highly polished, in places with 

 small but clearly-defined punctures. Frotliora.r about thrice 

 as wide as long, front angles rather feeble, a vague depression 

 towards each side ; punctures small but fairly distinct. Elytra 

 suboblong ; with rather large punctures, more or less trans- 

 versely confluent about base, but becoming small and ill-defined 

 posteriorly. Ahdomen with apical segment transversely im- 

 pressed. Front femora strongly dentate; basal joint of four 

 front tarsi inflated. Length, 4-4^ mm. 



9 . Differs in being larger (4|-5| mm.) and brassy (the 

 front of the clypeus sometimes brassy-green), antennae some- 

 what shorter, and in the abdomen and tarsi. 



^«6.— Western Australia: Perth (H. H. D. Griffith), 

 Warren River (W. D. Dodd), Karridale, Darling Ranges (A. 

 M. Lea). Type, I. 3228. 



A beautiful species, the female consistently larger and 

 brassier than the male. 



Edusa metallica, n. sp. 



(S . Coppery-bronze; tip of clypeus green, labrum and 

 appendages (tip of antennae and claws excepted) more or less 

 reddish. Moderately clothed with whitish pubescence, denser 

 and more conspicuous on odd interstices of elytra than else- 

 where, and mixed on elytra with numerous longer hairs. 



Head shagreened, with dense and small but fairly distinct 

 punctures ; median line fairly distinct in front, becoming feeble 

 towards base. Prothorax shagreened and with punctures as on 

 head.* Elytra suboblong, considerably wider than prothorax; 

 with geminate rows of strong punctures, becoming smaller 

 posteriorly, but striation more evident on apical slope, the 

 interspaces (except between the geminate rows) with as large, 

 or almost as large punctures as in the rows. Abdomen widely 

 glabrous along middle, apical segment with a wide shallow 

 impression. Front fem,ora strongly dentate; basal joint of 

 four front tarsi strongly inflated. Length ( c? , 9 )> 6-7 J mm. 



9 • Differs in being more robust, antennae somewhat 

 shorter, and in the abdomen and tarsi. 



Hah. — Victoria: Dividing Range (Blackburn's collec- 

 tion), Kewell (J. Kershaw), Fern Tree Gully (T. Kershaw). 

 Type, I. 347L 



In Blackburn's table would be associated with lineata, but 

 differs from that species in being consistently larger, and by 

 the conspicuous rows of rather strong punctures in well-defined 

 striae. One large specimen is darker than the others, but 

 except for this the metallic colour is singularly constant in 



