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wide, sides slightly rounded at middle, with a shallow trans- 

 verse subapical impression and a deeper subbasal one ; on 

 each side near the middle is a small, shallow fovea, disc lightly 

 flattened, the punctures dense, large, deep, and transversely 

 rugose, those near the apex smaller, less crowded, and more 

 individually distinct. Scutellum comparatively small and 

 somewhat transverse. Elytra at base about one and a half 

 times as wide, and slightly more than three times as long 

 as the prothorax, sides straight and almost parallel, gently 

 rounded towards apex, humeral angles barely salient, with 

 int-erhumeral and post-scutellar depressions ; somewhat densely 

 punctured, the punctures moderately large, deep, and 

 reticulate, here and there on the middle transversely confluent, 

 near base smaller and less crowded, those near apex smaller 

 but just as crowded and deep as on the middle; on each 

 elytron are three more or less distinct longitudinal carinae. 

 Posterior femora not reaching to apex of elytra. Length, 

 10'5-12 mm. 



Hob. — Western Australia: Eyre Sand Patch (W. 

 Graham). Type, I. 12828, in South Australian Museum. 



Very closely resembles E. viridis, Guerin, from which it 

 can be distinguished by its colour and scantier clothing, more 

 elongate form, prothorax more transversely wrinkled, and 

 punctures on elytra somewhat larger. In general appearance 

 somewhat resembles the previous species, but differs in being 

 a lighter colour, less hairy, and by not having a small fringe 

 of white hairs at apex of elytra, sides of prothorax more 

 rounded, prothorax more coarsely wrinkled, and punctures 

 on elytra somewhat larger. 



Eleale viridis, Guerin. 



Herr Schenkling ( 8 ) considers this species to be the same 

 as E. aspera, Newm. ; this I believe to be incorrect, the two 

 being quite distinct from each other. The insect I have 

 identified as viridis differs from aspera, inter alia, by having 

 the punctures much larger and coarser on the elytra and 

 prothorax, particularly on the latter, which is also less 

 elongate, and with the sides rounded near the middle ; the 

 colour is also of a much brighter green than any specimen I 

 have yet seen of aspera. 



II ab. — Western Australia. 



Eleale robusta, n. sp. 



Upper -surface shining green with brassy reflection, 

 palpi, antennae, and tarsi black ; head and prothorax thickly, 



(8) Schenkling, Deut. Ent. Zeit.. 1906, p. 288. 

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