ME101 O NT. H A. JOl 



sub-elevaty, pun&is seriatis inclusae, interstitiispunflis 

 majoribus inoidinatis adspersis. Pygidium lato-trian- 

 gulare rufo-ferrugiaeum nitidum, profunde punftatum. 

 Peftus & abdomcn nigro-picea sub-nitida, confenim. 

 punftulaia, ci^ergo-pilosa. Pedes elongati picei pilosi, 

 paixiHi compi'essi. 



G(LLINH, 



140) Meioiokth» Coiasfidoidis: oblon» 

 ga viridi-aenea nitida, supra rüde punflata, subtus ci- 

 nereo-pilosa, clypto einarginato, thorace utrinque im- 

 presso. 



Habitat in Nova Hollandia. Dom, Hooker- Mus, 

 Schönherr 8c GyUinhal- 



Facies Colaspidis vel CryptocephalL magnitudo SC 

 color Cryptoceph- sericei minoris. Ciput deflexum vi- 

 ridi-aeneurn nitidum, rüde cicatricoso-pun&amm, clypeo 

 basi concolore punft >to, apice obscure fusco, laevi, late 

 emarginate, angulif reäjis; intra apicem canna trans- 

 versa elevata continua, praeter line:tm arcuatam, cly- 

 peum a fronte distinguentem. Antennne fusco-piceae, 

 clava ovata tri-phylla. Thorax Iongitudine vix duplo 

 latior, antice late emarginatus, angulis p^ominulis, la- 

 teribus fere angulariter dü^taius, basi bi-sinuatus, an- 

 gulis reftis, supra modice convexus, viridi-aeneus niti- 

 dus, rüde cicatiicoso-punftitus, obsolete canaliculatus, 

 8C ad medium marginis utrinque fovea magna trans- 

 versa impressus; tarn t'iorax, (|uam Caput Sc elytra pi- 

 lis brevibus depressis rigidis cinereis parcius adsneua. 

 Scutellum triangularp viiidi-aureum nitidum, subtilis- 

 sime punftulatum. Elytia thorace ttiplo longiora, api- 

 Ce rotündata, supra modice convexa, viridi-aeraea, ve! 

 aurea nitida, rüde punflato-striata, interstitiis confertim 

 transverse rugosis. Pygidium lato-triangulare conve- 

 xum viridi-aeneum, obsolete punftulatum, cinereo-pi- 

 losum. Peftus SC abdomen viridi-aenea, coerulescenti- 

 micantia, obsolete pun&ulata, pilis depressis cinereis 

 densius obdufta. Pedes elongati viridi-aenei pube^ren- 

 tes, tarsis violaceis, ungulis validiS divaiicatis bifidis. 



Gtiiinh, 



141) Mkioioktha probo sc ide a , Fabr. 



Melol- *ub hoc nomine in colle&ionibus frequentev 

 obvia, neque desc iptioni perbrevi D. Fahricii, nee 

 perfedtiori D. Illigeri in Oliv. ed. Germ. II. p. 83, 



