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sulcus : antennae slightly enlarged towards apex, joint three 

 about equal to first and second combined and less than fourth 

 and fifth combined, fourth to seventh equal, eighth to 

 eleventh very little shorter than preceding, eleventh ovate- 

 acuminate. Prothorax 3'5 x 5'5 mm., moderately convex, 

 and little narrowed anteriorly, truncate at apex, sublobate at 

 base, sides (seen from above) with posterior two-thirds nearly 

 straight, with the lateral carina evident, seen from the sides 

 evenly, but not widely, rounded, all angles widely obtuse, 

 under a lens seen to be finely, not closely nor deeply, punctate. 

 Elytra nearly twice as long as wide, subparallel and convex, 

 deeply striate-punctate, the intervals strongly convex, seriate 

 punctures large, round, deeply impressed, separated evenly 

 by a distance of the diameter of one, becoming larger and 

 less hidden in the striae towards the sides, and smaller to- 

 wards the base, both striae and punctures deeply impressed 

 to the apex. (The seriate punctures very much as in (7. 

 jplutus, Blkb.) — intervals almost laevigate and nitid. Abdo- 

 men strongly strigose, femora and metasternum strongly 

 punctate, presternum very tumid and carinate in the middle, 

 posterior tarsi with basal joint not as long as the rest 

 combined. Dimensions — 15-17 x 6*5-7*5 mm. 



Hah. — North-Western Australia: Condon (H.. Giles). 



A very handsome species, of which several specimens, 

 three of which are now before me, were sent by that very 

 capable naturalist, Mr. Henry Giles, of the Zoological Gar- 

 dens, Perth, and taken by him at Condon. A specimen sent 

 to the Rev. T. Blackburn was returned with the label 

 ''unknown to me." It is very near C. costatus, Blkb., in 

 shape and general appearance (of which I have seen a co- 

 type), but differs in its more variegated and vittate arrange- 

 ment of colours, and in the considerably smaller punctures 

 of the elytral series. Also near G . puncticoUis, Hope, so far 

 as the convexity of intervals and the depth of striae are con- 

 cerned; but Hope's species is much less brilliantly coloured, 

 with the interstitial punctures very strong. C. gilesi is not 

 very near C. zonatus, Blkb., though standing next to it in 

 my tabulation. 



Chalcopterus doddi, n. sp. 



Ovate, convex; head, prothorax, under-side, legs, and 

 basal joints of antennae nitid-black, apical- joints of antennae 

 piceous; elytra green at the suture and base of punctures, 

 otherwise nitid-coppery (with a tinge of green), epipleurse 

 green and purple, tarsal clothing red. 



Head closely punctate, eyes separated by a space scarcely 

 equal to the basal joint of antennae, without ocular sulcus, an- 

 tennae manifestly enlarged towards apex, joint three about 



