BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 603 



B. BiDENTATUS, Donov. Hob. — N.S W.; W.A. 



B. suTURALis, Boisd. ira6.— N.S.W.; W.A. 



B. FiLUM, Jekel. Hab. — Tamworth, Forest Reefs, Sydney. 



B. PICA, Jekel. Hah. — Galston. 



B. ACROBELES, OIL; (co-type). 



Pachyura albicollis, n.sp. 



Black, antennas black and dark red. Head densely clothed 

 with short reddish-brown hair, with a small spot of white on 

 vertex and on each side close to eyes; prothorax densely clothed 

 with long whitish hair except for a nude space in middle and the 

 extreme apex where the clothing is similar to that on head ; 

 scutellum with white hair ; elytra with short hair of varying 

 shades of j^ellow and brown, a few small whitish spots forming a 

 transverse series near apex and a moderately distinct dark velvety 

 fascia across middle. Metasternum densely clothed with white, 

 abdomen with ochreous-red and rather sparse hair. 



Head large, transverse, with numerous granules showing through 

 clothing. Rostrum long, almost straight, round; opaque; densely 

 punctate, punctures coarser towards base. Antennae moderately 

 long, 1st joint slightly longer than 3rd, 5th-6th slightly longer 

 than wide, 7th-10th transverse, 11th as long as two preceding 

 combined. Prothorax transverse, convex, apex narrowed, sides 

 rounded, median line distinctly impressed ; densely granulate, 

 granules usually concealed. Elytra convex, feebly increasing in 

 width to near apex, then strongly conjointly rounded, at base 

 slightly wider than prothorax; moderately densely (but somewhat 

 irregularly) covered with small shining granules, suture towards 

 apex with small granules. Legs with flattened granules; femora 

 thick, the anterior each with six teeth of which two are subapical 

 and very distinct, and four much smaller ones are longitudinally 

 placed behind the outer one; four posterior femora unidentate; 

 anterior tibite slightly curved. Length 11^, rostrum 2|; width 

 ■i mm. 



^a6.— Tamworth, Inverell, KS.W. 



