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hard ; it is however decidedly an Uracanthus, and there can be little 

 doubt that Stephanops Nasutus of the above author belongs to my 

 section of the cone-necked-shaped Stenochoridce, 



Section Conicolles, Hope. 

 Genus Strongylurus, Hope. 



Type of the Genus Sten. scutellatus, Hope. 

 Vide Zool. Trans., vol. i. p. 107. 

 Caput porrectum, oculis prominentibus. Antennce undecim articu- 

 latse ; articulus 1°*"^ crassus antice latior quam ad basim ; '2^^ 

 brevi, reliquis gradatim increscentibus, compressis. Thorax 

 coniformis antice et transverse truncatus. Elytra thorace la- 

 tiora, parallela apicibus rotundatis. Femora in utroque sexu 

 subincrassata, et parum compressa. 



Sp. 1. Strongylurus scutellatus. Strong. fuscus et tomentosus, 

 thorace Jlavo-ochraceo colore utrinque lineato medio disci nigri- 

 cante. Scutellum valde distinctum flavum. Elytra fasco-hrunnea, 

 fasciisque undulatis parum distinctis notata. Corpus infra sor- 

 didefuscum, abdomine ruhro-piceo,pedibus concoloribus et tomen^ 

 tosis. 

 Long. lin. 12^; lat. lin. 3. 



The above insect I have received from various parts of New Hol- 

 land ; as it is accurately figured, I have not given very full generic 

 details. I must remark, however, that in the sexes of this genus 

 the antennae vary very considerably, in one instance exceeding the 

 length of the body, whilst in the other sex they are shorter than 

 the elytra. These Longicorn beetles also vary much in size, 

 which is a remark that appears to apply to most of the Ceramhycidce 

 of New Holland. Can the long drought which sometimes prevails 

 in this country be regarded as the cause of dwarfishness, which is 

 certainly one of the striking features of the Coleoptera of Au- 

 stralia ? 



Sp. 2. Strongylurus* vARicoRNis. Strong, testaceo-fuscus, 



antennis jlavo-nigroque variegatis. Thorace tomentoso utrinque, 



dentibus atris armato. Scutellum distinctum et album. Elytra 



fusco-testacea fasciis binis undatis parum distinctis. Corpus 



infra concolor, pedibus tomentosis. 



Long. lin. 5^; lat. lin. 1^. 



There are in our English collections two other species belonging 

 to this genus ; as however I have them not at hand, I must leave 

 others to describe them. 



Genus Coptopterus, Hope. 



Type of the Genus Stenochorus Cretifer, Hope. 

 Vide Zool. Trans., vol. i. p. 107. 



Caput porrectum inter oculos canaliculatum. Antennce compresscc, 

 et fere ut in Strongyluro. Thorax obconico-truncatus, lateribus 

 rotundatis. Elytra thorace latiora parallela ; apicibus sub-ob- 



