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little more than twice its length, sides very slightly diminish- 

 ing in width from the base to apex, which is rounded, inter- 

 humeral and post-scutellar depressions shallow; closely punc- 

 tured, the punctures large, deep, reticulate, and subquadratic, 

 here and there confluent on the middle, somewhat less 

 crowded near base but not much smaller, on the humeral 

 angles and at apex the punctures are almost obsolete, so that 

 these parts are more nitid than the general surface. Legs 

 moderately long, posterior femora nearly reaching apex of 

 elytra. Length, 6-7 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Lake Austin (H. W. Brown); 

 South Australia : Oodnadatta (Blackburn's collection), Mur- 

 ray River (A. H. Elston). Type, I. 12821, in South 

 Australian Museum. 



There are only three specimens of this species before 

 me; the type is from Western Australia, that from Oodna- 

 datta differs in having the club of the antennae slightly 

 infuscated and the tibiae and tarsi darker, and the one from 

 the Murray River is doubtfully regarded as a variety, it 

 being more robust, its colour a bright violet with club of 

 antennae black, but in sculpture agrees very well with the 

 other two. In shape somewhat near E. brevicornis, Chev., 

 from which it may be distinguished by its colour, the pro- 

 thorax more globular, base of elytra wider, and punctures on 

 elytra much larger. 



Eleale latipennis, n. sp. 



Upper-surface somewhat shining, front of head and 

 anterior femora green, antennae red (club excepted, which is 

 black), palpi black, remainder violet, in parts with a coppery 

 or metallic -green gloss; clothed with moderately long, sub- 

 depressed, black hairs, interspersed with shorter and more 

 depressed white ones, sides of prothorax, scutellum, and apex 

 of elytra more densely clothed with white hairs. Under- 

 .surfaoe glistening blue, with brassy reflections on abdomen, 

 clothed with moderately dense, shaggy, white hairs. 



Head comparatively small, with a shallow interocular 

 depression, punctures small and fairly deep, crowded, and 

 confluent in places between the eyes, but not defining a 

 longitudinal carina. Antennae short, barely reaching to 

 middle of prothorax, joints seven and eight scarcely flattened 

 or dilated, club distinctly three-jointed, apical joint almost 

 imperceptibly emarginated on the inner side with its apex 

 pointed. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, sides almost 

 parallel to beyond the middle, then suddenly contracted 

 towards base, which is somewhat narrower than apex, the 

 transverse subapical depression almost obsolete, the subbasal 



