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Bead with moderately dense but not crowded punctures, 

 sharply defined but not very large, and denser and smaller on 

 clypeus than elsewhere. Antennae passing middle of abdomen, 

 second joint stout and considerably shorter than third, third 

 to sixth very thin, the following ones somewhat stouter. Fro- 

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

 and evenly rounded; with fairly dense and moderately large 

 punctures, becoming rather crowded on sides. Elytra sub- 

 oblong-ovate, about one-fourth wider than prothorax and 

 about four times as long ; with dense punctures of moderate 

 size, slightly larger behind shoulders and slightly smaller on 

 apical slope than elsewhere. Flanks of prostei^num polished 

 and almost impunctate. Fifth segment of abdomen shallowly 

 depressed in middle. Tibiae rather thin, feebly increasing in 

 width from base to apex ; basal joint of four front tarsi rather 

 long, but not very wide, although decidedly larger than those 

 of the hind pair. Length, 2|-3J mm. 



9 . Differs in having the elytra brassy or brassy-red, but 

 with the margins greenish, the abdomen no darker than the 

 rest of the under-surface, the eyes slightly smaller, antennae 

 shorter, abdomen more evenly convex, and basal joint of all 

 the tarsi of even size and less parallel-sided. 



Hab. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (H. J. Carter 

 and A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3616. 



A beautiful little insect. The antennae are sometimes 

 feebly infuscated at the apex. On some specimens there is a 

 vague transverse impression between the eyes, and on the 

 others there is a feeble longitudinal one, but both are some- 

 times absent. The elytral punctures, except on parts of the 

 apical slope, are not placed in striae, although on some other 

 parts a lineate arrangement may be vaguely traced; behind 

 the shoulders (93) many of them are transversely confluent, the 

 space so occupied varies from a small one quite close to the 

 shoulder to fully half or more of each elytron, but on some 

 specimens they are all free; there are thus within the limits 

 of a well-marked species characters regarded by Chapuis and 

 Lefevre as of super-generic importance. The front femora 

 from some directions appear to be feebly angulate on the 

 lower-surface, but they are certainly not dentate. Two pairs 

 were taken in cop. and are still fastened together; of these, 

 one female (belonging to Mr. Carter) has the elytra almost as 

 conspicuously green as on the males, but four other females 

 have them coloured as described. 



(93) The shoulders themselves are polished and impunctate. 



