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Eleale pulchra, Newm. 



Tins is a variable species ; three specimens from New 

 South Wales differ from the typical form, two having nearly 

 the whole of the apical nitid portion of the elytra flavous, 

 and the other only slightly diluted with yellow at the apex ; 

 a specimen from Kangaroo Island has the antennae somewhat 

 darker, almost red, with the tibiae reddish (in parts infus- 

 cated), and the tarsi diluted with red; there are three speci- 

 mens, in the collection of Mr. Lea, from Western Australia, 

 which have the antennae reddish, with the club dull black. 



Eleale pallidipennis, n. sp. 



Upper-surface, of head and prothorax dark olive-green 

 with brassy reflection, palpi, antennae, and elytra testaceous, 

 the latter infuscated near scutellum, also on humeral angles, 

 and at apex, legs dark blue in parts with a metallic reflection ; 

 thickly clothed with short subdepressed white hairs. Under- 

 surface shining green with brassy reflections, and somewhat 

 thickly clothed with moderately long, depressed white hairs. 



Head comparatively small, with a small round inter- 

 ocular depression, and with very small, round, dense punc- 

 tures. Antennae reaching to middle of prothorax, club dis- 

 tinctly three-jointed, joints seven and eight not dilated, 

 apical joint almost imperceptibly emarginated on the inside. 

 Prothorax about as long as wide, sides evenly rounded, widest 

 part near the middle, subapical transverse impression obsolete, 

 subbasal one distinct ; with small, round, and very dense 

 punctures, larger than those on the head, near the apex less 

 crowded. Scutellum round. Elytra at base a little wider 

 and about twice as long as prothorax, sides from the base 

 gradually narrow towards apex, with comparatively shallow 

 and very dense punctures, which are about the same size 

 as those on prothorax and nowhere confluent, those on. the 

 humeral angles and at apex much finer, so that these parts 

 are more nitid than the general surface. On each elytron 

 are to< be seen three more or less distinct carinae. Legs com- 

 paratively long and robust, posterior femora nearly reaching 

 apex of elytra. Length, 5-6 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Oodnadatta (Blackburn's col- 

 lection); Western Australia: Cue (H. W. Brown). Type, 

 I. 12825, in South Australian Museum. 



The dark part at the base of the elytra is in the form 

 of an inverted triangle, the basal angles of which are situ- 

 ated about midway between the humeral and sutural angles 

 and the apical one on the suture below the scutellum. This 

 dark patch is in the nature of a stain, with here and there 



