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the spots of the elytra rounded and red ; very nearly allied 
to Australis, but the thorax is a little longer, and strong 
punctures cover the entire head. 
Sydney. | : 
7. Eudema Azurea: length 5’; general form broad and 
depressed ; head small, impressed on the sides, with the 
middle smooth and shiny ; thorax short, very broad, rounded 
laterally, the widest part being towards the two posterior 
thirds of its length, where it forms an angle and proceeds 
backwards, becoming much narrower, it is very. densely 
puncturated, bi-impressed behind, and has a slight longi- 
tudinal sulcate in its middle; elytra broad, depressed, 
entirely covered with a dense puncturation, and striated ; 
lower side of the body very densely punctated; general 
colour of a dark blue, with the legs red; antennee, palpi, and 
tarsi black ; the entire body is hirsute. 
This is a most distinct species, very remarkable by its 
absence of coloured spots on the elytyra. 
From Rockhampton, by Mr. Thouzet; and from Eastern 
Creek, by Mr. Masters. 
Chlanidee. 
This family presents a very remarkable geographical fact, 
as out of the very small number of its representatives in 
Australia, two are inhabitants of India. 
HOLOLEIUS. 
Theonly knownsortofthis genus, H. Nitidulus, Dej., is found 
in India, and I have myself collected many specimens of it 
at Siam, and in the Malayan Peninsula ; it is also an inhabi- 
tant of Australia, as Mr. Wilcox has lately found it on the 
Clarence River. 
CHLCENIUS. 
The Australian sorts known to me are Australis, De}. 
from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia; Peregrinus, Chaud., from Queensland and New 
South Wales ; it is also found in New Caledonia, and is the 
Chi. Viridis of Montrousier; Grayanus, White, from King 
George’s Sound and Swan River. Two others have been 
described by Mr. MacLeay, junr., from Port Denison, but only 
one is known to me. Three sorts seem to be new, but one of 
them is a common insect,and it appears strange that it has not 
yet been described ; this genus presents the rare fact of an 
