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labrum and palpi fulvous, antennse rather slender, entirely fulvous, 

 the basai joint piceous above; thorax strongly transverse, more 

 than twice as broad as long, the latéral margins strongly rounded 

 anteriorly, straight at the base, basai margin rounded, the angles 

 not produced but acute, the surface very Irregularly and remotely 

 punctured with several obsolète foveae atthe sides, scutellum broader 

 than long ; elytra very convex, strongly metallic, with a violaceous 

 tint, finely punctate-striate, the punctures nearly absent at the 

 apex, the interstices extremely minutely and sparingly punctured ; 

 underside nearly black, scarcely punctured, the tarsi fulvous, the 

 prosternum convex, bilobed at the base, the apex distinctly 

 produced into a point; claws largely appendiculate ; anterior coxal 

 cavities open. 



Hah. Queensland. 



In this species, distinguished by the intirely fulvous antennae and 

 tarsi, the claws are not bifid although almost so, but the prosternum 

 is entirely characteristic of the genus. A single spécimen is 

 contained in my collection. 



Platymela Blackburni n. sp. — Piceous or hlaek, the apical 

 three joints ofthe antennœ pale flavous, thorax hifoveolate, with two 

 rufous narrow spots, elytra dark violaceous or purplish, finely 

 punctate-striate anteriorly and foveolate, a spot ahove the shoulders 

 and the apex (the latter including a piceous spot) rufous. — Length, 

 5-6 mill. 



Var. The thorax and the apex without spots. 



Elongate and parallel, the head impunctate, black, with a single 

 deep puncture above the eyes, palpi robust, the apical joint ovate, 

 fulvous, antennae not extendlng to tlie middle of the elytra, black, 

 the apical three joints yellowish white, basai joint thick and 

 rounded, the second of same shape but half the size, the following 

 widened at the apex; apical joints longer; thorax one half broader 

 than long, the sides rounded near the apex, the anterior angles not 

 produced, the dise rather swollen, nearly impunctate or with a few 

 punctures at the middle, the sides with a deep fovea, the surface 

 very shining, black, the sides with a narrow and short rufous stripe, 

 the latéral margins also sometimes obscure falvous, scutellum 

 impunctate ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, the sides with 

 a fovea more or less deep, and another one below the base, the 

 surface finely punctate-striate, the punctures disappearing below 

 the middle, the colour purphsh or violaceous, the shoulders and the 

 apex reddish-fulvous or rufous, the colour at the latter place 

 interrupted by a transverse stripe ofthe ground colour ; the extrême 

 apex likewise sometimes violaceous ; legs and the underside piceous 



