62 Zoological Society. 



in medio disci posita. Corpus infra rubro-piceum nitidum, hints 

 ultimis segmentis pallidiorilms. Pedes ruhro-fusci femoribus pa- 

 rum incrassatis tarsisque infra aureo-tomentosis. 



Long. lin. 7.; lat. lin. 1^. 



I received this species in a box of insects from Mr. Charles Dar- 

 win. Its true locality is either Sidney or Van Diemen's Land. 



1 consider it quite distinct from Mr. Sharpe MacLeay's Stenocho- 

 rus uniguttatus. 



In Mus. Dom. Hope. 



Sp. 16, Stenochorus TUNicATUs, MacLeay. Sten.flavus antenna- 

 rum articulis duohus primis nigris quinto apice septimo nonoque 

 nigris ; thorace subcylindrico utrinque unidentato, supra quadri- 

 tuherculato tuberculis anticis majoribus ; elytris apice flavis uni- 

 dentatis, parte basalt ultra medium subviolaceo-fiava linea obliqua 

 terminata ; corpore pedibusque flavo-testaceis. 



In Mus. Dom. MacLeay. 



Sp. 17. Stenochorus rubripes, Boisduval. Sten. e long atus par al- 

 lelus ; antennis pedibusque rufis ; thorace angustiori, cylindricOf 

 tuberculato, coleopteris dilute fuscis ; apice spinosisj j^unctis cre- 

 hris impressis, macula communi maxima irregularis nigra notata, 

 altera postica, scuielloque Jlavis. 



Long. lin. 10^ ; lat. lin. 2^. 



Described from Mons. Boisduval's ' Voyage de I'Astrolabe/ vid. 

 part ii. page 479. I had given the name of Undulatus to the species, 

 and had figured it before I was aware of its being described : the 

 sexes apparently differ considerably in size. 



Sp. 18. Stenochorus Roei. Sten. rubro-fuscus ; antennis pal- 



lidioribus ; thorace tuberculato, elytrisque macula irregulari 



Jlava notatis, alteraque apicali lutea, spinis apice brevibus, ex- 



terno longiori. Corpus infra rubro'piqeum nitidum pedibus con- 



coloribus et tomentosis. 



Long. lin. Gj^ ; lat. lin. 1^. 



This species was sent to me from the Swan River by Captain Roe ; 

 it is named after that indefatigable and enterprising officer. 



Section 3. Fissipennes. 

 Antennis spinosis, thorace insequali tuberculato sen denticulate, 

 apicibus elytrorum transverse truncatis, baud spinosis. 



Gen. CoPTOCERCus*, Hope, Nov. Gen. 



Caput antice rugosum, antennis spinoso-tomentosis. Thorax fere 

 cylindricus, tuberculatus. Elytra parallela thorace latiora ad 

 apicem parum contracta, transverse fissa, baud spinosa. Cor- 

 pus infra convexum, antennis pedibusque fere ut in Sten. Roei 

 conformatis. 



Type of the Genus, Stenochorus biguttatus of Donovan. 



Sp. 1. Coptocercus biguttatus, Donovan, vid. pi. 2. fig. 7. 

 * Koptocercus, from KOTrra, scindo, and KtpKOi cauda. 



