DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 63 



red. Elytra broader behind than in front, striato-punctate and 

 slightly hairy; greenish metallic bine; base near the shoulder 

 yellowish red ; a wide yellowish red band across the elytra, just 

 before the middle, widest on the margin. Prothorax beneath 

 yellowish red ; mesothorax and metathorax black. Abdomen 

 beneath at the base red, at the tip black. Legs black, with blue 

 reflexions. 



Length 3£ lines. 



Hab. Port Philip. 



Necrobia pinguis Westw. 



Short, thick. Head small, black, closely and densely punctured. 

 Antenna? black ; the base and labrum fulvous. Prothorax much 

 wider than the head ; the sides in the middle dilated into a 

 rounded tubercle, thickly punctured, some of the punctures 

 larger ; rugose, sanguineous. Elytra black, roughly punctured ; 

 with a slender nearly straight band in the middle, and another 

 near the tip, whitish. Scutellum rufous. Body beneath, with 

 legs, of reddish testaceous. 



Length 3a lines. 

 Hab. Yan Diemen's Land. 



Necrobia eximia, n. s. 



Head and thorax dark shining green, with brassy reflexions. 

 Antenna? and trophi pitchy brown. Elytra with a widish, bril- 

 liant purple, transverse band on the middle ; the remainder with 

 the brightest combination of green, flame-coloured, and brassy 

 colours passing into each other ; under side yellowish green. 

 Legs with a bluish tint ; covered with many short black hairs. 



Length 2| lines. 

 Hab. W. Australia. 



Opetiopalpus obesus Westw. 

 Small, thick, and convex, somewhat shining, punctured, with black 



bristles. Head and prothorax of a dull sanguineous. Elytra 



black, without spots. Antennae and legs of a reddish chestnut ; 



club of antennas of a dull colour. 

 Length li lines. 



Hab. E. Indies. 



