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feebly depressed at apex, fifth strongly incurved at apex, and 

 with a conspicuous transverse impression, slightly deeper at 

 sides than in middle. Front femora strongly dentate ; basal 

 joint of four front tarsi moderately dilated. Length, 5 mm. 



9 . Differs in the abdomen and tarsi. 



11 ah. — New South Wales: Ben Lomond (A. Jefferis 

 Turner). Type, I. 3472. 



In general appearance fairly close to Knaveola, but darker 

 and less conspicuously metallic, median line on head less con- 

 spicuous, and transverse impression of abdomen of male with 

 ■a slight depression at each end, instead of with a median one 

 as on that species. On some specimens there appears to be a 

 play of purplish and green colours almost as on a soap-bubble. 



Edusa dt SCI colli s, n. sp. 

 PI. viii., figs. 165 and 166. 



c . Metallic-green, head and prothorax subopaque ; 

 under-surface brassy-green or brass}'^, labrum and appendages 

 reddish, but tips of palpi and tips of five apical joints of 

 antennae blackish. Heavd and prothorax moderately, the 

 elytra densely, clothed with stramineous pubescence, the elytra 

 in addition with numerous long, suberect hairs of similar 

 colour. 



n tad flat ; shagreened and minutely punctate. Antennae 

 very long and thin. Prothorax shagreened and punctate as 

 head; fully thrice as wide as the median length, sides evenly 

 but not strongly rounded, quite flat in middle. Elyfra rather 

 long and parallel-sided to near apex : with rather dense but 

 not very large punctures, in regular or almost regular rows on 

 most of the surface, although in striae only on parts of the 

 apical slope, larger and more distinctly confluent (although 

 not separated by distinct transverse ridges) behind shoulders 

 than elsewhere. A hdomen with apex of each segment glabrous 

 in middle, fifth transversely depressed across middle, the de- 

 pression shallow, especially in its middle. Femora stout, front 

 pair strongly dentate ; hind tibiae with apical slope oblique 

 or feebly rounded : basal joint of four froiit tarsi inflated. 

 Length, 6-6^ mm. 



Q . Differs in having the abdomen more convex, nowhere 

 glabrous, fourth segment shorter than the adjacent ones, and 

 the fifth with the depression less transverse and with a slight 

 swelling behind it on each side of apex, apical slope of hind 

 tibiae more abrupt, and in the tarsi. 



Hah. —"New South Wales: Blue Mountains (Blackburn's 

 collection and H. J. Carter). Tvpe, I. 3637. 



In the table associated with auaveoJa and turner'}, but 

 larger, prothorax more depressed, antennae much longer, etc. 



