BY H. J. CARTER. 259 



specimen, and his description* holds true of mine. The speci- 

 mens were quite fresh when captured, and show no signs of 

 abrasion. The whole insect is a nitid black, without any pubes- 

 cence, except on the prosternum. The puncturation of the elytra 

 is entirely different from that of L. sulcicollis, being finer and 

 without the large reticulated fovea?. It is apparently not rare 

 in this district, which again corresponds to that of Mr. Pascoe's 

 insect (Mts. of Vic). I have had the same insect sent to me for 

 identification by Mr. C. French. 



Adelium minor Carter, A. globulosum Carter. — Having lately 

 drawn these insects under a dissecting lens, the rounded eyes were 

 brought prominently under my notice. This fact brings them 

 into the genus Brycopia. Having examined A. minutum Lea, 

 the same is true of that species. All three should therefore be 

 classified as Brycopia. 



Stigmodera helmsi, n.sp. (Plate xx., fig. 10). 



Elongate-oblong, rather narrow and flat. Head and pronotum 

 dark bronze-green, except clypeus which is blue, with sides, 

 sternum, legs and antenna? dark blue. Abdomen with first two 

 segments metallic peacock-green, shading into blue on the apical 

 segments. Elytra blue with three interrupted fascia? red. 



Head slightly excavate in front, densely punctate; width 2mm. 

 between eyes. Pronotum (3'5 x 4'5 mm.) strongly narrowed 

 anteriorly, at base meeting elytra without constriction. Scutellum 

 large, triangular, blue, minutely punctate. Elytra (12x6 mm.) 

 deeply striate, 3rd and 5th intervals costate towards base; dark 

 blue ground with irregular bands interrupted widely at suture. 

 On each elytron an oblique shoulder band extending from second 

 stria? to the humeral angle; a second about midway roughly 

 parallel to the former and joining it on the sides, also reaching 

 from the second stria? to sides. A third band nearly straight 

 nearer apex. The whole apical fourth part of elytra blue. Body 

 slightly wider than thorax, widest about half way, then strongly 

 narrowed towards apex, which is shortly spinose, the teeth 



* Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1896, p. 293. 



