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LIFE-HISTORIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
The beetle is about 3 lines in length, the front of the head 
bright green, the thorax and shoulders bright metallic-bronze, the 
centre of the wing covers black with metallic reflections, and the 
tips fiery red colour. Underside of thorax and legs green, with 
the abdominal segments bronzy-red. 
ClSSEIS SEMI-SCABROSA, L. & G. 
Larva very pale yellow, with small mouth parts and jaws; 
head large and globular; 1st and 2nd thoracic segments small, 
rounded on the edges; the 3rd thoracic and the first six abdominal 
segments more or less rounded on their extremities, the last three 
tapering to a small rounded tip. 
It feeds in a very similar manner to that of Jfelobasis iridescens; 
at first under the bark, but finally pupating in the sapwood 
beneath. 
The beetle is 4i lines in length, the head and thorax bright 
metallic-green; the elytra fiery coppery-red and finely granulated, 
all the underside green. 
This is not a common species; I have bred three individuals 
from infested branches of Acacia longifolia obtained at Rose Bay. 
Cadmus flavocinctus, Saund., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1846. 
Larva 4 lines in length, pale yellow, with a cylindrical black 
rugose head, truncate and perfectly flat in front, with short 
3-jointed antennce projecting on either side and the jaws almost 
hidden; 1st thoracic segment covered on the dorsal side with a 
dark brown coriaceous plate slightly curved in front; legs very 
long, slender, armed with a sharp tarsal claw; the rest of the 
segments of uniform size, pale yellow, clothed on the sides with 
long scattered hairs, thickest towards the tip of the abdomen, the 
legs also covered with long hairs. 
The larva constructs an elongate oval cocoon with a jug-like 
neck, of a stout woody nature, smooth, hard, and dark brown; the 
grub by protruding its head and fore legs can crawl about on the 
ground, or among the loose bits of dead bark at the butts of the 
gum trees in a similar manner to the case moths; but from the 
