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sometimes conjoined. The elytral punctures, although small, 

 are quite distinct, and readily traceable almost to the apex. 



Lamprolina simplicipennis, n. sp. 



Brassy-purple or coppery-green ; head, prothorax (a wide 

 median brassy-green vitta excepted), legs (tarsi and parts 

 of tibiae blackish), and part of abdomen more or less reddish, 

 antennae purplish, part of basal joint obscurely reddish. 



Head almost impunctate, with a wide subtriangular 

 depression in middle and a shallow one close to each eye ; 

 clypeus depressed, suture rather deep. Antennae stout, 

 extending- almost to apex of metasternum. Prothorax about 

 twice as wide as long, with two rather small irregular foveae 

 on each side, a few punctures at base on each side, elsewhere 

 impunctate. Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, sides 

 gently rounded; with a shallow post-humeral depression, in 

 which are two or three large punctures, elsewhere impunctate 

 or almost so. Length, 6|-7 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Dorrigo (W. Heron); Queens- 

 land: Mount Tambourine (H. Hacker and R. Illidge). Type, 

 I. 2630. ' 



In general appearance strikingly close to discoidalis, but 

 differs in the head being immaculate, the prothorax with a 

 wide median vitta continuous from base to apex, the lateral 

 foveae considerably smaller, but in particular by the elytra, 

 these at first appearing to be without series of punctures, 

 and only on close examination may a few seriate ones be 

 seen inwards of the posthumeral depression; on discoidalis, 

 although for the genus rather small, the rows of punctures 

 are quite distinct. 



Lamprolina foveilatera, n. sp. 



Keddish-flavous ; elytra, tarsi, and apical parts of tibiae 

 metallic greenish-blue, antennae purple, the basal joints 

 metallic-green, palpi black with a metallic gloss. 



Head with a subtriangular depression in middle and a 

 shallow one close to each eye, with a few large and some 

 smaller punctures scattered about; clypeal suture semi- 

 circular and rather deep. Antennae rather long and stout. 

 Prothorax not twice as wide as long; with two coarsely- 

 punctured foveae on each side, about base with some coarse 

 punctures, becoming crowded towards each side at extreme 

 base, with scattered and rather small but distinct ones else- 

 where. Elytra elongate, widest at about apical third ; with 

 rows of distinct and moderately large punctures, becoming 

 minute posteriorly, basal three-fifths on each side with some 



