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throughout, the interspaces with minute ones. Elytra at base 

 not wider than prothorax, sides very gently rounded; with 

 irregularly geminate rows of fairly large punctures, becoming 

 much smaller posteriorly, interstices with rather numerous 

 minute ones. Inter-coxal process of prosternuni with a few 

 punctures, then grooved along middle, with the base deeply 

 notched. Length, 6-7 J mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Oodnadatta (Blackburn's Col- 

 lection); Queensland: Cimnamulla (H. Hardcastle). Type, 

 I. 2604. 



The claws are considerably thickened towards the base, 

 but as they are without dentiform processes they must be 

 regarded as simple. The head is clothed with short but 

 distinct pubescence, of which there is not a trace on either 

 of the preceding species; the under-surface (except abdomen) 

 and legs are similarly clothed. The punctures on the disc of 

 the prothorax are almost as coarse as those on the sides — an 

 unusual feature in the genus. The elytral punctures, 

 although irregularly geminate, are seen to be distinctly 

 seriate in arrangement; on the Cunnamulla specimen, how- 

 ever, they are less conspicuously so. 



Calomela curtisi, Kirby, var. 

 A specimen from the Capel River (Western Australia) 

 differs from the ordinary form of this species in having the 

 green vitta on each elytron represented by an outer ellipse 

 only, the inner portion being exactly the same colour as the 

 lateral and sutural regions. 



Calomela aeneonitens, Clark. 



A specimen from Beverley (Western Australia) possibly 

 belongs to this species, but differs from the description in 

 having the head bright brassy-green, and the prothorax, 

 scutellum, and elytra uniformly greenish-blue or violet-blue 

 (according to the point of view) ; the under-surface also has 

 a distinct metallic-green gloss and the antennae are infuscate 

 towards apex. In general appearance it is close to Chryso- 

 mela fulvilabris, but each of the claws has a stout basal 

 appendix ; it differs also from that species in being thinner, 

 head with denser and coarser punctures, elytral punctures 

 more numerous and still more irregular, and legs somewhat 

 thinner. 



Calomela pulchella, Baly, var. 



A specimen from Toowoomba (Queensland) evidently 

 belongs to this species, but its head and prothorax have a 

 distinct coppery-green gloss, superimposed upon the red of 

 the normal form. 



