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not appear unusually long. The basal articulation of the 
anterior tarsi of the male is oblong, the second prolonged 
inwardly. 
Length, 3; breadth, 1% lines. 
Discovered by T. F. Cheeseman, Esq., F.L.S., on Mount 
Arthur. 
PERICALIDA. 
1342. Scopodes venustus, n. sp.—Body almost convex, glossy, head 
and thorax cupreous (zd. est. reddish), elytra silky bronzed-black, 
antenne and tarsi black, legs more or less eneous. Head finely 
striate, irregularly in front, longitudinally behind. Pvrothovax 
about as long as broad, cordate, the lateral margins slightly 
angulated near the middle, from thence narrowed till near the 
base, where, instead of forming the posterior angles, they bend 
inwardly until quite obsolete; its surface is impressed with a 
distinct median groove and fine transversal striz. Elytva oblong, 
obliquely sinuated apically, bearing shallow striz, and on each 
elytron three large but not deep fovee. 
The coppery head and thorax, the latter without trace of 
posterior angles, will render its identification easy. 
Length 234 ; breadth 1 line. 
One example of this charming beetle was found by T. F. 
Cheeseman, Esq., F.L.S., on Mount Arthur. 
1343. Scopodes planus, n. sp.—Black tinged with green; slightly 
convex. Head rugulose in front, longitudinally striate elsewhere. 
Pyothovax cordiform, rather narrow, irregularly striated trans- 
versely, without posterior angles. Elytva oblong, obliquely sinu- 
ated apically, feebly striated, the four hind foveze obsolete, the 
basal represented by evident punctures. In form like S. venustus, 
the thorax narrower but with precisely similar margins; the 
intermediate tibize are very perceptibly flexuose; the metallic 
green tinges are inconstant, one tibia being green whilst the 
others are black. 
Length 234.; breadth 1 line. 
Mr. Cheeseman obtained one specimen on Mount Arthur. 
1344. Scopodes tardus,n.sp,—/Eneous, thorax reddish, elytrainfus- 
cate, legs and antenne blackish. Head unevenly and finely strigose, 
behind longitudinally. Pvothovax rather narrow, cordate, the 
sides acutely angulated near the middle, from thence incurved, 
and again dentate before attaining the true base ; the median 
furrow is well defined, and the whole disc striated across. Elytva 
oblong, incurved before the middle, obliquely sinuated pos- 
teriorly ; each elytron bears three distinct punctiform foves of a 
bluish colour, and several indistinct interrupted striz. Quite 
distinct from S. fossulatus. The posterior projections of the 
thorax (they can hardly be termed true hind angles) are less 
conspicuous than in S. multipunctatus, probably its nearest ally ; 
the apices of the elytra are more decidedly oblique, and their 
strize are indicated by the difference in coloration rather than 
