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as wide as apex, sides rounded, widest part just beyond the 

 middle, disc flattened ; punctures at apex slightly smaller and 

 more shallow than those on head and in places confluent, 

 those on disc and sides much larger, deeper, and reticulate, 

 only running into each other near the middle and defining a 

 longitudinal median carina. Scutellum round. Elytra at 

 base wider than prothorax, and about two and a half times 

 as long, sides parallel to about three-fourths the length, 

 then rounded off towards apex, humeral callosities moderately 

 salient, interhumeral and post-scutellar depressions con- 

 spicuous; punctures comparatively small, crowded and reticu- 

 late, nowhere confluent, those on base, humeral callosities, 

 and near apex shallow and less crowded, so that these parts 

 are more nitid than the rest of the surface; on each elytron 

 are three feeble carinae. Legs long and comparatively 

 slender, posterior femora reaching to apex of elytra. Length, 

 8-10 mm. 



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

 lection), Ooldea (A. M. Lea); Western Australia: Cue (H. 

 W. Brown), Mullewa (Miss J. F. May). Type, I. 12820* 

 in South Australian Museum. 



This species is variable in colour, some specimens being' 

 lighter and others darker than the typical form, and on one 

 specimen the elytra are almost green, strongly diluted with 

 brownish-yellow, on some (including the type) the labrum has 

 a distinct yellow spot, whilst on others it is entirely dark. 

 Very close to the previous species, from which it may be 

 distinguished by its somewhat more elongate form, antennae 

 and palpi paler, disc of prothorax flatter, and the longi- 

 tudinal carinae on head and prothorax. 



Eleale hieticollis, n. sp. 



Head, prothorax, and legs violet, palpi and first eight 

 joints of antennae shining black, club dull black, base and 

 apex of elytra blue, reflecting violet, remainder of elytra 

 green; clothed with nearly upright black hairs, long on pro- 

 thorax and base of elytra and becoming shorter towards apex 

 of the latter, scutellum thickly covered with short, depressed, 

 white hairs, a wide fascia across middle of prothorax, and 

 legs (particularly at base of femora) with long, shaggy, white 

 hairs. Under-surface shining, head and thorax violet, 

 abdomen green; scantily clothed with moderately long, sub- 

 depressed, white hairs, which are more numerous on the fore- 

 part and sides of the metasternum than elsewhere. 



Head moderately elongate, with a shallow depression 

 between the eyes and, a somewhat deeper one at the base of 

 each antenna, punctures on top of head small, round, shallow,. 



