516 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. IV. 



1. Encara Westwoodii, Boisd. 



Syn. Cilihe Westumodii, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. II. 1835, p. 262; 

 Encephalus gibbosus, De Breme, Mon. Cossyph. 1, 1842, p. 23, 

 pi. V. fig. 5. 



Tleddish bvown, smooth, nitid, broadly ovate. Head broad, 



sub-quadrate, sliglitly punctate, the angles of the epicranium and 



the lateral borders of the clypeus a little elevated, forehead 



depressed between the eyes, which are veiy close togethei*. 



Thorax transverse, convex, a little sinuated behind, smooth 



and somewhat irregularly gibbous on the disk, which is 



nearly black, margins broad and flat, with the anterior angles a 



little rounded and not reaching the front of the head, the ])osterior 



angles salient and acute. Elytra of oval form and a little elongate at 



the apex, strongly and bluntly raised, forming a boss towards the 



apex, and two other small oblique bosses towards the shoulders ; 



the margins broad and of a redder brown, feebly folded above on 



the border. On each elytron are two raised, nitid, longitudinal 



ribs, disappearing and approaching posteriorly ; and interrupted 



by slight gibbosities ; the interstices have numerous series of 



impressed punctures rather thickly placed ; the suture is elevated 



into a carina. The body beneath and legs nitid brown. 



Long. 11 lines, lat. 8^ lines. 



I cannot give the exact habitat of this species. Boisduval the 

 oiiginal describer of it, merely says " New Holland," and De 

 Breme adds to that only " Collection of M. Hope." I have never 

 seen the insect. I am pretty contident that it is not an inhabitant 

 of New South Wales or Queensland. 



2. Encara submaculatum, De Breme. 



Eyicephalus snbinaculatus, De Breme, Mon. Cossyph. 1, p. 25. 

 pi. VII, tig. 4. 



Of a nitid testaceous brown. Head as in E. Westwoodi, the 

 labrum less advanced. Thorax transverse, slightly convex, nitid, 



