18 MR. WESTWOOD ON THE COLEOPTEROUS GENUS BOLBOCERAS. 



abbreviatis pone oculos, elytris striato-punctatis. — Long. corp. lin. 3^. (Tab. III. 

 % 14.) 



Hab. in Nova Hollandia. In Muss. D, Hope (olim Gory, cum nomine supra indicato inscripto), Reiche 

 et Westw. 



Corpus supra nigrum, nitidum. Caput mediocre. Clypeus e vertice lined elevata vel carinata in medio 

 pariim angulata divisus, lineisque duabus brevioribus ad angulos posticos labri extensis. Antenna? 

 nigra? ; articulis parvi3 intermediis piceis. Mandibulae ut in plurimis, dextra ante apicem externe 

 lobo rotundato corneo instructa. Vertex tuberculo elevato inter oculos instructus ; angulisque ante 

 oculos rotundatis. Prothorax convexus, sparsim punctatus, lmea longitudinali mediana punctata im- 

 pressa alterisque duabus e margine antico pone oculos oblique extensis at abbreviatis spatioque utrin- 

 que angusto pariim elevato, laevi, cum margine postico fere parallelo, in fossulas 2 obliquas pariim 

 profundas versus angulos posticos prothoracis desinente. Elytra striato-punctata, striis 5 inter 

 humeros et suturam, aliisque 4 lateralibus. Tibiae anticae extiis 5-dentatse. Scutellum elongato- 

 triangulare. Mesosternum pariim angulato-porrectum. 



Fig. 14 a, insectum magnitudine auctum ; 14 b, caput, prothorax et mesosternum, a latere visa ; 14 c, cly- 

 peus cum labro et mandibulis. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 



Tab. III. 



Fig. 1. Bolboceras {Elephastomus) proboscideus, MacL. 



Fig. 2. Bolboceras (Elephastomus) Kirbii, Hope. 



Fig. 3. Bolboceras Reichii, GueV. 



Fig. 4. Bolboceras hastifer, Bainbr. var. 



Fig. 5. Bolboceras 3-tuberculatus, Bainbr. 



Fig. 6. Bolboceras 7-tuberculatus, Bainbr. ? ? 



Fig. 7' Bolboceras Taurus, Gory. 



Fig. 8. Bolboceras Capreolus, Gory. 



Fig. 9. Bolboceras neglectus, Hope. 



Fig. 10. Bolboceras Bainbridgii, Westw. 



Fig. 1 1 . Bolboceras rotundatus, Hope. 



Fig. 1 2. Bolboceras rubescens, Hope. 



Fig. 13. Bolboceras corniculatus, Reiche. 



Fig. 14. Bolboceras (Stenaspidius) nigricomis, Westw. 



