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and palpi brown ; antennz black, covered after their third 
article with a brown pubescence. 
Clarence River. 
Feronia Auber: length 9’; entirely of a brilliant black ; 
thorax round, with the anterior impression hardly visible, the 
longitudinal ‘suleate feeble, the posterior impressions broad 
and well marked; elytra oblong , strongly and deeply striated ; 
no punctiform impressions between the striz, but several on 
the anterior half of the margin, the posterior part of which 
is impressed. 
From the Hunter River. 
Feronia Azureomarginata: length 11’; of a brilliant 
black; head oval, very feebly impressed between the eyes; | 
thorax round, with the anterior impression very feeble ; the 
sulcate also very lightly marked, but ending behind in a deep 
punctiform impression, the posterior impressions broad ; 
elytra oblong, broader towards the two posterior thirds of 
their length than at the basis, having the humeral angles pro- 
minent and almost carinated ; ‘they have a purple blue margin, 
are covered with puncturated striz, and on the interval 
between the second and third of the latter are two punc- 
tiform impressions; the margin is impressed; the tarsi, 
palpi, and antennze are brown. 
From the Lachlan, and Hunter River, in New South 
Wales. 
Feromia Viridiluembata: length 7} ; black ; interoculor 
impressions very lightly marked; thorax rather broader in 
front than behind; rounded laterally and at the anteriorangles, 
the posterior obtuse front impression very feeble, but the sul- 
cate and the posterior impressions very deep, the last almost 
linear ; elytra oval, rather depressed, covered with strong 
striz, the intervals between the second and third, fourth and 
.fifth being broader than the others ; on the interval between 
the second and third are seen two punctiform impressions, 
one after the middle, and the other towards the extremity ; 
margin impressed, and of a fine green; lower side of the 
body of a brilliant black ; legs, palpi, and, antenne brown. 
Brisbane, Queensland. 
Feromm Amabilis: length 6’ ; head and thorax of a fine 
purple, with copper tinges ; thorax cordiform ; a little longer 
than broad ; the front transverse impression well marked, as 
also the suleate and the two posterior impressions, the latter 
broad ; elytra oval, rather oblong, with strong striz ; on the 
interval between the second and third are four punctiform 
