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rounded orange markings near the hind angles and a small 

 one near the middle basal fovea; scutellum very nitid and 

 brassy ; elytra orange-red, with basal margins brilliant green, 

 two wide fasciae and the' apex widely obscure green, the first 

 of these antemedian, sinuate on its anterior margin, extending 

 from shoulder to shoulder, concave to the front and not 

 reaching the sides ; the second postmedian, nearly straight, 

 extending to the sides and there produced to meet the wide 

 basal dark-green marking; prosternum, legs, margins of meso- 

 and meta-sternum, and margins of abdominal segments brassy- 

 green, episterna and rest of underside yellow. 



Head canaliculate, but not excavate between eyes ; irre- 

 gularly punctate, with a few smooth raised spaces, closely 

 punctate towards sides. Prothorax very convex and wide, 

 apex bisinuate, anterior angles produced and rounded, base 

 twice as wide as apex, strongly bisinuate, the middle lobe 

 widely subangulate, posterior angles produced and acute; 

 widest near base, sides regularly rounded; disc irregularly 

 punctate, the punctures finer near middle, coarser and closer 

 (subrugose) at sides, a smooth medial line near base, a 

 transverse foveate depression at middle of base and two short 

 longitudinal sulci intersecting the base towards the hind 

 angles. Scutellum oval, convex, and smooth. Elytra slightly 

 wider than and more than three times as long as the pro- 

 thorax, widened behind shoulders and widest behind the 

 middle ; sides not serrated, apex widely rounded, not spinose. 

 Each elytron with ten striae besides a short scutellary stria, 

 intervals convex and sparsely punctate, the fourth and eighth 

 with a row of larger punctures. Sternum coarsely punctate 

 and sparsely clad with long white hairs, abdomen with basal 

 segments coarsely, apical very finely punctate. Femora finely 

 and sparsely punctate ; tarsal claws strongly toothed at their 

 origin. Dim., 42 x 19 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Murchison district. Type in 

 National Museum, Melbourne. 



This magnificent insect from French's collection is unique 

 in the Melbourne Museum, but was evidently undescribed. 

 Belonging to the sexmaculata , Saund., fortnumi, Hope, and 

 regia, Blackb., section, in form and pattern, but differing 

 from all these in the strongly convex prothorax, and like 

 eonspicillata, White, in the basal red spot on thorax. The 

 elytral pattern is most like that of regia, Blackb., except 

 that the whole apical region is dark coloured. The elytra 

 are a little displaced in the specimen, but if closed the apex 

 would form one continuous wide curve, without tooth or exca- 

 vation. Mr. H. W. Brown has also a specimen, taken by 

 himself. 



