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the pronotum and elytra, the margins of which are more elevated with a blight golden green 
hue. The head has two deeply-impressed lines on the crown forked in front; the right man¬ 
dible has two teeth in the middle, the lower one being very large, and composed of three united 
together ; the left mandible lias two teeth within, between which is a very small one. The 
antennas are as long as the pronotum and half of the head, slender and not compressed, with 
the second joint a little shorter than the third. The pronotum is very broad and short, 
with the sides straighter than in any of the preceding species, and more strongly margined, the 
hind margin almost forming a regular curve. The elytra are ovate, with the humeral angles 
rounded, but with a small elevated obtuse tootli-likc angle; within the lateral margin is a 
series of punctures. The legs are black, the anterior tibiae with three teeth on the outside. 
Species VI.— Carenum (cyanenra) Fabricii (PI. 21, fig. 5). C. nigro-cyaneum glabcrri- 
mum, elytris subpurpurascentibn*, et versus basin ct apicem bipunciatis, tibiis anticis 
extus tridentatis. Long. corp. lin. 5^. lat. clytr. lin. 2. Mus. Soc. Linn. Lond. 
(olirn. Banks.) 
Syn. —Scarites cyaneus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1, p. 95. Syst. El. 1, p. 125. Oliv. 
Ent. 3, No. 36, p. 11, pi. 2, fig. 17. Lsiporte, Hist. Nat. Ins. Col. 1. p. 66. 
(Carenum c.) Boisduval, Voy. de PAstrol. p. 23, excl. syn. Bonellii et Brullei. 
“ Caput magnum, exsertum, cyaneum, fronte lincis duabus impressis,” postice diverged tibiis. 
“ Mandibul® exserke, nignr, deutatoa ; antenna? nigrie; tliorax caualiculatus, cyaneus, postice 
rotundatus,” marginatus, angulis posticis paruin cruarginatus. (i Elytra tborace nddito 
capite breviora, connata,” purpurascenti — k ‘ cyauca, glaberrima, basi retusa,” disco versus basin 
et apicem bipunctata, margins ta ; intra marginem lateraleui parum virescentia, serieque 
punctorum impressa. “ Pedes nigri tibiis anticis” extus tri- u dentatis.” 
The above additions to the original Fabrician description (which is inclosed in inverted 
commas) are supplied, together with the accompanying figure, from the original unique specimen 
still in the possession of the Linnaiau Society, The species described by Bonelli, and sup¬ 
posed by him to be identical with the present species, being quite distinct, I Lave applied to 
it the name of C. Bonellii; and in order to avoid any further confusion between the two 
species which have received the same specific name, I have also designated the present species 
with the name of its original describcr. 
Species VII. — Carenum Spencil (PI. 21, fig. G, C.) Nigrum, subopacum, tibiis anticis 
extus tridentatis, elytris exeavationibus numcrosis rotundatis, triplice serie in singulo 
elytro ordinatis, spatiis intermediis clevati3. Long. corp. lin. 9. Mus. Melly. cum 
hoc nomine inscriptum. Inhabits New Holland. 
Syn .—Carenum Spejicii, Westw. in Taylor’s Annals of Nat. Hist. Oct. 1841, p. 123. 
The head in this very distinct species has two impressed lines ou the crown, the pronotum 
has the posterior angles rather strongly e margin ate, the disc with a deep impressed line, and 
near the fore margin is a row of fine longitudinal strigse. The elytra have an indistinct row 
of punctures on each side of the suture, succeeded by three rows of large deeply excavated 
round hut irregular impressions, the space betweuu the rows being elevated ; the sides are 
margined, and within the margin is a row of deep small punctures. The fore tibia? are very 
strongly palmate, having three teeth on the outside. 
Species VIII.— Carenum gemmalitm , Hope, MSS. (Plate 21, fig. 7, 7 a, 7 b, and 7 c.) 
C. yiride, elytris cupreo-tinctis, punctis magnis distantibus triplice serie in singulo elytro 
oidinatis, tibiis anticis dentibus tluobus magnis alteroqnc minuto extends. Long. corp. 
lin. 4^ ; lat. elyir. lin. I-J. Mu9. Hope. luhabits Port Essington. 
This beautiful little insect is most nearly allied to C. Spencii, but is, however, quite dis¬ 
tinct. The head is black in front but green behind; it has two deep impressed lines 
diverging behind, united with a slightly-waved impressed line which runs across the head 
behind the eyes; behind the labium the two lines are strongly angulatcd with a small 
puncture near the angle; the labrum is horizontal, with the middle emargination rather deep 
(7 a, front of head ; 7 b, maxilla ; 7 c, labium). The right mandible has three nearly equal 
teeth in the middle ; the left one has also three, but the middle one is very small. The 
antennee arc very short, with the terminal joints broad and compressed ; the second and third 
joints are very nearly equal in length. The thorax has the lateral margins not much rounded, 
and the hind margin nearly forms a regular curve; the disc has a central impressed line, and 
there is an oblique impression near the posterior angles ; the elytra are more oblong than in 
the preceding species; the suture is deeply impressed, and each elytron has three rows of 
deep round impressions placed at unequal distances apart ; the two rows next the suture 
having four, and the one next the sides only two impressions : the fore tibia? have two largo 
and one very minute teeth on the outside. 
