417 



elevated in front, grooved along middle, base bilobed. Clears 

 simple. Length, 6 J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, 

 I. 2659. 



Structurally close to illudens and varier/ata, but rather 

 more rounded, with somewhat smaller punctures and very 

 differently coloured. In general appearance it is clcse to 

 Stethomela at r a, hut which has conspicuously armed claws; 

 there is' also a strong general resemblance to Augomela multi- 

 seriata, but, apart from several generic features, each elytron 

 has but eleven rows of punctures. The elytra are entirely 

 without transverse posthumeral depressions, and the punc- 

 tures at the usual position of same are not larger than 

 elsewhere. A second specimen (from the Blackburn Collec- 

 tion, without locality label) is almost entirely without 

 metallic gloss. 



Lamprolina grandis, Baly. 



The large size and absence of foveae from the pest- 

 humeral depressions render this species a very distinct one. 

 It was named from a single damaged specimen from an 

 unknown locality. Some specimens from the Northern Terri- 

 tory were identified by the late Rev. T. Blackburn as belong- 

 ing to the species and agree with the description ; they have 

 the antennae dark metallic-violet, and the three basal joints 

 and the tarsi are entirely dark; but some specimens labelled 

 as from Central Australia have most of the antennal joints 

 black. 



Lamprolina simillima, Baly. 



On the typical form of this species the elytra have a 

 distinctly coppery tone, without the least trace of blue or 

 green; it may occasionally be taken near Sydney with (the 

 there abundant) aeneipennis on Bur sarin spinosa. 



Var. ( ?) Some specimens from Mount Tambourine may 

 represent a variety; they differ in having the elytra of a 

 rather obscure metallic bluish -green, with rather more dis- 

 tinct series of punctures, although still small. It is quite 

 possible, however, that they belong to jansoni. 



Lamprolina discoidalis, Baly. 



On each of four specimens that appear to belong to this 

 species (including two standing in the Blackburn Collection 

 as such) the prothoracic marking consists of an irregular 

 blotch occupying the median half of the apex and terminated 

 before the base, with its posterior edge quadrilobed (the two 

 median lobes nearer the base than the others). On the head 

 the markings consist of two rather large inter-ocular spots, 

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