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Show 788 MR. M. JACOBY ON N E W [Dec 16, Scutellum large, its apex rounded, flavous, impunctate. Elytra slightly widened posteriorly, convex, minutely punctured, and covered with yellowish pubescence, which, however, is only visible in a certain light; the dark green colour is like that of the thorax, here and there stained with purplish patches, but without possessing any gloss. Underside, as well as the inside of the posterior femora, flavous ; legs olive-green, shining ; tibiae simple, unarmed, claws bifid. Collected by Mr. Champion. Genus OIDES, Weber. 29. O I D E S ALBERTISI. Oblong-ovate, convex. Testaceous ; elytra closely punctate, fulvous, a large square patch at the base and another semitriangular one near the apex black. Length 5 lines. Hab. Somerset, Australia. Vertex convex, smooth, with a fine longitudinal groove, and a deep transverse depression in front of the antennae ; the latter entirely testaceous, the second joint half the size of the first, third and fifth of equal length, fourth longer than either. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long, surface obsoletely punctured, with two or three obscure shallow depressions, testaceous, shining. Scutellum testaceous. Elytra slightly widened behind the middle, closely and distinctly punctured, fulvous, shining; each elytron with a large square patch at the base, neither reaching the sutural nor lateral margin, and another equally broad but more triangularly-shaped patch near the apex, black ; tbe latter spot is also interrupted narrowly by the suture, and more broadly by the lateral margin. Entire underside and the legs testaceous. This species is closely allied to 0. rubrum and O. ornatum, Baly, but differs from the first in the colour of the antennse and the basal markings of the elytra (which in the present insect do not reach to the lateral margin), and from the second by the pale coloration of the underside and also of the antennae. Collected by M . D'Albertis. Genus AGETOCERA, Hope. 30. A G E T O C E R A FLAVIVENTRIS, sp. nov. Elongate, robust, convex. Black, shining ; antennse flavous, their apex piceous ; elytra violaceous, abdomen flavous. Length 5 lines. Hab. India. Head elongate, with a deep groove between the eyes; base and apex of labrum fulvous ; antennae (2) filiform, basal joint thickened, second short, third to the seventh joints equal, the eighth and following the longest, the joints increasing in thickness from the fourth to the ninth. Thorax transversely subquadrate, sides narrowly margined, dilated anteriorly; surface smooth, impunctate, deeply impressed behind the middle with a transverse short groove, |