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Var. Elytra without flavous spots the legs pale fulvous, 



Head greenish-black, without punctures, very sparingly pubescent, 

 the eyes entire, not notched, antennse robust, not extending much 

 beyond the base of the elytra, black, the lower two joints more or 

 less fulvous below, terminal joints distinctly widened ; thorax sub- 

 cylindrical, fulvous but little constricted at the base only, the basai 

 sulcation obsolète, the anterior portion swoUen, strongly punctured 

 and more or less stained wlth blackish; scutellum black; elytra 

 subcylindrical, not depressed below the base, of a dark, nearly 

 black fuscous colour with a slight purplish gloss, the punctures 

 large and very closely placed, diminishing towards the apex where 

 the interstices are more or less costale, each elytron with a trans- 

 verse or oblong flavous spot immediately before the middle; below 

 and the legs nearly black. 



Hah, North Australia. 



The subcylindrical shape of this species, the entire eyes, ante- 

 riorly deeply punctured thorax, and the colour of the elytra well 

 distinguishes it from any of its allies from the same région ; the 

 elytral spots are howover of différent shape (a rather rare occurence 

 in this genus) and in the variety they are entirely absent and the legs 

 are fulvous. Four spécimens are contained in my collection. 



EUMOLPIN^ 



Chrysopida subglabrata n. sp. — Black or purplish, thorax 

 suhglobose, scarcely perceptibly punctured, obscure cupreous at the 

 base and ai the flancs, elytra very finely punctured at the base, nearly 

 impunctate posteriorly , three spots at the base, a triangularle shaped 

 band below the middle including two other spots and some at the 

 underside, metallic-greenish- cupreous. — Length, 8-9 mill. 



Head elongate, very finely punctured, the clypeus similarly punc- 

 tate, distinctly separated from the face, antennae extending beyond 

 the middle of the elytra, piceous, the lower; joints more or less 

 fulvous; thorax subglobose, widened towards the middle, the sur- 

 face nearly impunctate, blackish, with a slight violaceous tint, the 

 base and the flancs more or less bright cupreous; scutellum 

 purplish; elytra dark purplish with a deep dépression below the 

 base, the latter distinctly and remotely punctured in rows, the rest 

 of the surface nearly impunctate, each elytron with a spot near the 

 scutellum, one surrounding the shoulders and another one within 

 the dépression, greenish-cupreous, a similar coloured stripe extends 

 across the middle and down the suturai and latéral margins, for- 

 ming a triangle and enclosing two other spots, ail thèse markings 

 are clothed with greenish-golden pubescence, the underside has 



