404 REVISION OF THE GENUS SEIROTRANA, ETC., 



organs, antennae, legs and tarsi. It is easily distinguished by its 

 remarkable prothorax, the anterior lobe of the lateral foliation 

 being shaped like an elephant's ear. The wide and pronounced 

 median line of the pronotum, on each side of which the antero- 

 median lobe forms two rounded humps, is also remarkable. The 

 derm which clothes the whole insect is readily removable, showing 

 an opaque black surface beneath. 



Ceropria bifasciata, n.sp. 



Ovate, convex, nitid. Head and prothorax blue-black, with 

 violet reflections; elytra the same colour, with yellow fasciae as 

 below; antennae and legs brown; abdomen and under side of legs 

 red. 



Head : front and epistoma finely punctate, head narrower and 

 more narrowly rounded than in C. peregrina Pasc. Prothorax 

 more than twice as broad as long, truncate in front, sinuate 

 behind, with two pronounced foveae near basal border; anterior 

 angles obsolete, posterior angles obtuse, wider at base than at 

 apex; sides gently rounded. Disc minutely punctate. Elytra 

 convex, striate-punctate with rows of closely placed punctures, 

 these finer than in C. peregrina. Intervals flat, except near sides, 

 the border sharply defined. Scutellar region, suture and ground 

 colour metallic black with violet reflections, with two fasciae 

 yellow interrupted at suture, first at base wide and regular 

 extending from border to near suture, second on apical third part 

 of disc narrower, extending from border to half-way across each 

 elytron, where it is curved towards apex. Dimensions — 

 9 x 4*5 mm. 



Hah. — Cairns, N.Q. 



In form very like C. peregrina Pasc, its sculpture more 

 resembling that of C. valga Pasc, from both of which it is easity 

 distinguished by its yellow fasciae. 



Platydema metallicum, n.sp. 



Oval, moderately convex, dark blue (sometimes violet), shining, 

 body beneath, antennae, legs, and palpi rufo-castaneous. 



