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distincte rutescentibus; subtus obscure rufa, we 
obscure ceruleo viridimicanti, eie piceis plus min 
rufescentibus ; capite inter ennas longitadinaliter 
excavato in s perspicue Mercer postice planato 
sparsim sat grosse vix fortiter punctulato ; antennis robustis 
minus elongatis, articulis 1° 3° 4° que — inter 
ne et ret 
sum convergentibus); elytris parum debacle haud 
longitudinaliter impressis, crebre minus subtiliter subaspere 
nec rugulose punctulatis; scutello lato, fere ut elytra 
pun netulato 
Maris elytris ultra segmentum ventrale penultimum atting- 
entibus minus latis; femine segmenti penultimi medium 
vix attingentibus sat Jatis. Long., 3—341.; lat., 12 1.—2 1]. 
Differs from R. ruficollis, Clk., inter vem by its much m 
strongly transverse prothorax and its much longer aye. 
E. viridi-enea, Clk., is not described in a man allow of 
very satisfactory comparison, but the present species is ve 
differently coloured, and the phrase “capite inter oculos 
sculpture of the head of the present species. In AR. impressa, 
lackb., and brevipennis, Blackb., inter alia multa, the océan 
is very uch mo and less conspieuously punctulate. 
inter alia, a less transverse prothorax ve width to its length 
down the middle as 8 to 5) which is traversed by a very strong 
and conspicuous transverse sulcus. 
N. Queensland. 
R. approximans, sp. Ovata; modiee nitida; obscure ruf- 
escens, elytris obaeure cyaneis violaceo-tinctis ; capite spars- 
crassato, lateribus (desuper visis) ab apice ultra medium 
leviter subrecte (hinc ad basin valde br ) convergentibus ; : 
elytris modice dehiscentibus, a basi retrorsu m breviter minus 
perspicue impressis, confertim subtilius Bine ; scutello 
modico. 
